
Astronaut Donald K. “Deke” Slayton being interviewed in front of Columbia and the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft during an overnight stop at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio on March 21, 1979.

Rockwell International workers install circuitry on Space Shuttle Columbia at Kennedy Space Center.

The STS-1 space shuttle team celebrates a successful liftoff of Columbia from Launch Pad 39A a few seconds past 7 a.m. on April 12, 1981.
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