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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1982
Page
5
Challenger joins space shuttle fleet in Palmdale ceremony
In Palmdale California NASA officially takes title to the shuttle Challenger amid ceremonies near Rockwell’s hangar. The second shuttle will begin its journey before dawn Thursday hauled 38 miles to Edwards Air Force Base. NASA plans a Fourth of July touchdown at Rogers Dry Lake. Discovery and Atlantis are in development with delivery and flights set through 1984.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmdale
Calif
Columbia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rockwell International
Challenger
NASA
Rogers Dry Lake
Reagan
Kennedy Space Center
Florida
Discovery
Desert
Sue Cometa
Rockwell
Panama Canal
Los Angeles
Downey
Atlantis
Space fans listen as shuttle crew chat streams
More than 470,000 people dialed a special AT and T number to listen to conversations between Space Shuttle astronauts Ken Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield and Mission Control during the fourth flight. Calls cost 50 cents for the first minute and 35 cents per minute after, with Alaska charging 50 cents per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Mission Control
Columbia
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Carolyn Zachary
Ken Mattingly
Henry Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Space shuttle dries out tiles after soggy launch
Columbia underwent rigorous checks on navigational and thermal systems on a shakedown mission. Astronauts Ken Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield began a day of operations as tiles absorbed water during a storm, prompting NASA to dry them with sun exposure and monitor for ice formation before reentry.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Columbia
Ken Mattingly
Henry Hartsfield
Mission Control
Hartsfield
Judy
Judy Lynn
Keely Warren
Space
NASA
Navy
Atlantic
George Hardy
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