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Illustrations 1. John Young and Bob Crippen inside Space Shuttle Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. Richard “Dick” Truly and Guion Bluford sleep on Challenger’s mid-deck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 3. Space Shuttle design evolution, 1972–74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 4. Possible configurations considered for the Space Shuttle, as of 1970. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 5. An early depiction of the Space Shuttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 6. Space Shuttle vehicle testing in the fourteen-foot Transonic Wind Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 7. A worker removes a tile as part of routine maintenance activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 8. Astronauts training to experience weightlessness on board the nasa kc-135 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 9. The first female astronaut candidates in the U.S. space program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 10. An aerial view of Enterprise hoisted into the Dynamic Test Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 11. The Space Shuttle Enterprise participating in approach and landing tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 12. Space Shuttle Columbia poised for takeoff of sts-1 . . . . . 96 13. sts-1 crew members John Young and Bob Crippen . . . . . 99 14. Space Shuttle Columbia arrives at Launchpad 39a on 29 December 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 15. The launch of sts-1 on 12 April 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 16. The Space Shuttle Columbia glides in for landing. . . . . . . 111 17. Aerial view of the launch of Columbia on sts-2 . . . . . . . . 119 18. President Ronald Reagan talks to Joe Engle and Richard Truly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 19. The deployment of the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 20. Sally Ride on the flight deck during sts-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 21. Challenger in orbit with the remote manipulator system arm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 22. Guion Bluford exercises on the treadmill during sts-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 23. Bruce McCandless using the Manned Maneuvering Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 24. James van Hoften and George Nelson on a spacewalk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 25. Dale Gardner after retrieving two malfunctioning satellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 26. Robert Parker, Byron Lichtenberg, Owen Garriott, and Ulf Merbold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198 27. The Spacelab in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 28. The crew of sts-41d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 29. Judy Resnik with several cameras floating around her . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 30. Jerry Ross on a spacewalk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 [3.16.83.150] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 20:17 GMT) 31. Crew members of mission sts-51l stand in the White Room at Launchpad 39b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287 32. On 28 January 1986, icicles draped the launch complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291 33. Photograph taken a few seconds after the loss of Challenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301 ...