STS Mission 8 and its night flight (both launch and landing) are highlighted in this color video. The 5-member crew is introduced and their special assignments for this flight are discussed, along with their continuous weightlessness experiments performed during the flight. The first black astronaut, Guion S. Blufords, Jr., is introduced and file footage of an STS Mission orbiting the earth is shown.


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    Title :

    Challenger's Night Flight


    Publication date :

    1983-08-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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