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NASA-Foto: Discovery im Sonnenaufgang

Die Mission STS-26 war auch bekannt als die „Return to flight“-Mission nach dem Unglück des Space Shuttles Challenger am 28. Januar 1986.

Provenienz:
NASA. (1260688) (13)


NASA photo: space shuttle Discovery at sunrise

20 x 25 cm.
Printed on KODAK photo paper.
Certified by NASA, photographed in 1988.

Mission STS-26 was also known as the “Return to Flight” mission, being the first mission after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster of 28 January 1986.

Provenance:
NASA.

Notes:
STS-26 was the 26th NASA Space Shuttle mission and the seventh flight of the orbiter Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 29 September 1988, and landed four days later on 3 October. STS-26 was declared the “Return to Flight” mission, being the first mission after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster of 28 January 1986. It was the first mission since STS-9 to use the original STS numbering system, the first to have all its crew members wear pressure suits for launch and landing since STS-4, and the first mission with bailout capacity since STS-4. STS-26 was also the first U.S. space mission with an all-veteran crew since Apollo 11, with all of its crew members having flown at least one prior mission.