First Satellite Retrieval – Challenger 1983 Mission

Thank you Warbirds Online for noting that 18th June is the anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger mission:

18 June 1983 The Space Shuttle Challenger launches on a mission that will see the first satellite retrieval … in space. 

Sally Ride,  the first American woman in space, was on that mission.

 

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