STS-8

STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched on August 30, 1983, and landed on September 5, 1983, conducting the first night launch and night landing of the Space Shuttle program. It also carried the first African-American astronaut to go into space, Guion Bluford. The mission successfully achieved all of its planned research objectives, but was marred by the subsequent discovery that a solid-fuel rocket booster had almost malfunctioned catastrophically during the launch.

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1983 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
human spaceflight, Daniel Brandenstein, William E. Thornton, Guion Bluford, Richard H. Truly, Dale Gardner, low Earth orbit, 

• Retro Space HD page^@ STS-8 Post Flight Presentation
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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1983 STS-8

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rocket launch

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landing

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Frameless

Shuttle-challenger cropped

Shuttle-challenger

STS-8 at Kennedy Space Center in 1983

Lightning Above the STS-8 Launch Pad - GPN-2002-000206

Electrical Storm - GPN-2000-001879

STS-8 Crew (28601123894)

STS-8 (15014789010)

STS-008 shuttle

Flown Shuttle insulation blanket carried on board the Shuttle Challenger on Mission STS-8 in August–September of 1983, logging over 2.5 million miles in space. . Irregular-shaped blanket measures 37″ x 23″ and is numbered V070-362702-010.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Retro Space HD page@	STS-8 Post Flight Presentation	Wikidata
commons	image		Shuttle-challenger cropped		Commons
commons	image		Shuttle-challenger		Commons
commons	image		STS-8 at Kennedy Space Center in 1983		Commons
commons	image		Lightning Above the STS-8 Launch Pad - GPN-2002-000206		Commons
commons	image		Electrical Storm - GPN-2000-001879		Commons
commons	image		STS-8 Crew (28601123894)		Commons
commons	image		STS-8 (15014789010)		Commons
commons	image		STS-008 shuttle		Commons
commons	image		Flown Shuttle insulation blanket carried on board the Shuttle Challenger on Mission STS-8 in August–September of 1983, logging over 2.5 million miles in space. . Irregular-shaped blanket measures 37″ x 23″ and is numbered V070-362702-010.		Commons