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This week in Edwards history

By 412th Test Wing Public Affairs / Published July 03, 2018

Shuttle Columbia landed in view of President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, and some 500,000 visitors and guests. The Shuttle’s fourth orbital flight was its first landing on a concrete runway and marked the end of its formal flight test program. Later that very same day, the nation’s second Space Shuttle, Challenger, departed Edwards for Florida atop its 747 carrier aircraft while President Reagan was addressing the crowd. Challenger was the first of the orbiters to be configured for operational missions in its original design.
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President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan get an up close look at Space Shuttle Columbia after it landed July 4, 1982. (Edwards History Office file photo)

Shuttle Columbia landed in view of President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, and some 500,000 visitors and guests. The Shuttle’s fourth orbital flight was its first landing on a concrete runway and marked the end of its formal flight test program. Later that very same day, the nation’s second Space Shuttle, Challenger, departed Edwards for Florida atop its 747 carrier aircraft while President Reagan was addressing the crowd. Challenger was the first of the orbiters to be configured for operational missions in its original design.
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Some 500,000 visitors and guests visited Edwards to watch Space Shuttle Columbia land July 4, 1982. (Edwards History Office file photo)

Shuttle Columbia landed in view of President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, and some 500,000 visitors and guests. The Shuttle’s fourth orbital flight was its first landing on a concrete runway and marked the end of its formal flight test program. Later that very same day, the nation’s second Space Shuttle, Challenger, departed Edwards for Florida atop its 747 carrier aircraft while President Reagan was addressing the crowd. Challenger was the first of the orbiters to be configured for operational missions in its original design.
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America’s second space shuttle, Challenger, departed Edwards for Florida atop its 747 carrier July 4, 1982. (Edwards History Office file photo)

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On July 4, 1982, Space Shuttle Columbia landed in view of President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan and some 500,000 visitors and guests. The shuttle’s fourth orbital flight was its first landing on a concrete runway and marked the end of its formal flight test program.

 

Later that very same day, the nation’s second space shuttle, Challenger, departed Edwards for Florida atop its 747 carrier aircraft while President Reagan was addressing the crowd.

 

Challenger was the first of the orbiters to be configured for operational missions in its original design.

 

Shuttle Columbia landed in view of President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, and some 500,000 visitors and guests. The Shuttle’s fourth orbital flight was its first landing on a concrete runway and marked the end of its formal flight test program. Later that very same day, the nation’s second Space Shuttle, Challenger, departed Edwards for Florida atop its 747 carrier aircraft while President Reagan was addressing the crowd. Challenger was the first of the orbiters to be configured for operational missions in its original design.
America’s second space shuttle, Challenger, departed Edwards for Florida atop its 747 carrier July 4, 1982. (Edwards History Office file photo)
Shuttle Columbia landed in view of President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, and some 500,000 visitors and guests. The Shuttle’s fourth orbital flight was its first landing on a concrete runway and marked the end of its formal flight test program. Later that very same day, the nation’s second Space Shuttle, Challenger, departed Edwards for Florida atop its 747 carrier aircraft while President Reagan was addressing the crowd. Challenger was the first of the orbiters to be configured for operational missions in its original design.
This week in Edwards history
America’s second space shuttle, Challenger, departed Edwards for Florida atop its 747 carrier July 4, 1982. (Edwards History Office file photo)
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