STS-8

Official STS-8 crew portrait in flight suits. Seated from left to right are Daniel C. Brandenstein, pilot; Richard H. Truly,...

👁 A picture of the STS-8 crew showing five astronauts in blue flight suits

S83-30608 (29 April 1983) --- The night launch of the space shuttle Challenger heading toward its third Earth-orbital mission is...

👁 The mission patch for the STS-8 Mission.

S83-38389 (6 Aug. 1983) --- The STS-8 crew members pause for a crew photo at Pad 39A after a question...

👁 The crew of STS-8 pose for a photo at Pad 39A

S83-33032 (23 May 1983) --- Astronauts Guion S. Bluford, right, and Daniel C. Brandenstein man their respective Challenger entry and...

👁 Guy Bluford and his STS-8 crewmembers train for their flight in a simulator.

S83-39237 (6 Aug 1983) --- The five astronaut crewmembers of NASA?s STS-8 mission leave the operations and checkout building at...

👁 The crew of STS-8 walks out of the operations and checkout building at KSC during a launch rehearsal

S83-39238 (1 Aug. 1983) --- The giant cluster of spaceflight hardware for NASA's eighth Space Transportation System (STS) mission begins...

👁 The external tank and solid rocket boosters lit up in a night sky

Lightning across the sky with Shuttle at launch pad on 08/30/1983. KSC, FL

👁 Lightning across the sky with Shuttle at launch pad on 08/30/1983

Night launch view of STS-8. Very nice shot. KSC, FL

👁 Night launch view of STS-8

STS008-04-106 (30 Aug-5 Sept 1983) --- On aft flight deck, Richard M. Truly, STS-8 commander, holds communication kit assembly (ASSY)...

👁 Richard M Truly is seen on the aft deck of Space Shuttle Challenger holding the communication kit assembly.

STS008-13-0361 (30 Aug.-5 Sept. 1983) --- Astronaut Guion S. Bluford, STS-8 mission specialist, assists Dr. William E. Thornton (out of...

👁 Astronaut Guion S. Bluford aboard STS-8 on a treadmill exercise equipment

STS008-04-104 (13 Sept 1983) --- Richard H. Truly, crew commander; and Guion S. Bluford, mission specialist, merely fold their arms...

👁 Richard Truly and Guy Bluford float with their arms crossed inside the Space Shuttle as they sleep for a bit during the STS-8 mission.

STS008-16-454 (30 Aug-5 Sept 1983) --- Following a precedent set early two decades ago during the Gemini program, three members...

👁 Dale A. Gardner, Richard H. Truly and Daniel C. Brandenstein hold up bumper stickers for the Navy while on the STS-8 mission

STS008-49-1724 (31 Aug 1983) --- The Indian National Satellite (INSAT) is about to clear the vertical stabilizer of the Earth-orbiting...

👁 Space shuttle in orbit against the dark span of space with the cargo bay doors open and the US flag on display. A satellite is being placed in orbit above the bay doors.

STS008-35-1239 (30 Aug.-5 Sept. 1983) --- The space shuttle Challenger?s payload flight test article (PFTA) is lifted from the cargo...

👁 Challenger's crew photographed a payload flight test article from the cargo bay

STS008-32-748 (30 Aug-5 Sept 1983) --- Bora-Bora, with its wide-fringing reef, stands out in the center of this photographed, taken...

👁 Bora Bora as seen from the space shuttle, 1983

STS008-31-789 (30 Aug-5 Sept 1983) --- The complex coastline of Brazil's Parana state and the port of Paranagua. The long...

👁 Coastline of Brazil's Parana state and the port of Paranagua. The long coastal island of Comprida and the Rio Ribeira Do Iguape are outlined in the glint of sun.

STS008-50-1840 (30 Aug-5 Sept 1983) --- An active 5,500 foot high volcano on Adonara Island in Indonesia leaves a 30...

👁 An active 5,500 foot high volcano on Adonara Island in Indonesia leaves a 30 mile long visible trail of smoke. The surrounding islands are Flores (lower right) Solor (right edge) and Lomblen (upper center). This photograph was made from the Earth orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger on its third mission.

Serving as spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) are Astronauts Guy S. Gardner (left), William F. Fisher (center), Bryan D. O'Connor (seated facing...

👁 Men at mission control hold a discussion

Night view, Challenger STS-8 as it is coming in for a landing. EDWARDS AFB (EAFB), CA

👁 Night view, Challenger STS-8 as it is coming in for a landing

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