40 Years Ago: STS-3, Columbia’s Third Mission to Space

Space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on March 22, 1982, for its third trip into space. Astronauts Jack R. Lousma and C. Gordon Fullerton rode the reusable spacecraft on a pillar of fire from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.

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Yesterday was the 40th anniversary celebrating the the thrid mission for the space shuttle Columbia, view the NASA article find out more about it!

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I love these shuttles :two_hearts: they sure are dangerous and expensive, but they still remain iconic :sparkling_heart: I'm sad we don't use them anymore, but I know it is for the best. We will create a lot of shuttles and rocket as stylish as them, and also safer :tada: rip Columbia and Challenger :milky_way: and what's more, they aren't that old, after all, we stopped using them just 10 years ago. Voyager 1 and 2 are 44 years old in comparison :smile:

Artemis, Discovery, Columbia, Challenger, Endeavour, (Enterprise) :star:

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