Space Shuttle Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia STS-9 November 26 – December 8, 1983

Space Shuttle Columbia STS4 on final approach with chase plane in the background.
Space Shuttle Columbia STS4 on final approach with chase plane in the background.
Space Shuttle Columbia STS9 just before touchdown in the early morning light of the high desert. If you look real close at the full size image, just below Columbia sitting outside a hangar is the Shuttle Enterprise (12/83).
Space Shuttle Columbia on final approach.
Space Shuttle Columbia STS4 gliding back to Edwards AFB (7/82).
Space Shuttle Challenger on it’s maiden voyage atop the Boeing 747 (7/82).