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[lonestarflight]

"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The upper part of the space shuttle vehicle showing the 'beanie cap' in place."

Date: February 20, 1981

NASA ID: KSC-81PC-0052

[lonestarflight]

"The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF), after five-and-one half years orbiting Earth, is retrieved by STS-32 crewmembers. Astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar (out of frame in the shirt sleeve environment of Columbia) controlled the Canadarm in order to capture and bring LDEF back home for scientific study and observation."

Date: January 12, 1990

NASA ID: STS032-85-029

[lonestarflight]

"The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise rises from NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) to begin a powerless glide flight back to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, on its fourth of the five free flights in the shuttle program's Approach and Landing Tests (ALT-15). The tests were carried out at Dryden to verify the aerodynamic and control characteristics of the orbiters in preparation for the first space mission with the orbiter Columbia in April 1981."

Date: October 12, 1977

NASA ID: S77-28961, enterprise-1

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[lonestarflight]

"Landing of the Shuttle Challenger at Edwards AFB and end of STS 51-F mission.

The Space Shuttle Challenger is moments away from touchdown on the dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base in California in this ground-level view. The early afternoon landing brought to a successful close eight days in space for seven crewmembers and a battery of scientific experiments aboard."

Date: August 6, 1985

NASA ID: 51F-S-160

[lonestarflight]

"The Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia, with access arms in place, at Launch Pad 39. The shuttle is undergoing preparations prior to its maiden flight."

Date: February 20, 1981

NASA ID: DF-SC-82-03788

[lonestarflight]

"On Space Shuttle mission STS-8, the Canadarm is used to deploy an object--the payload flight test article (PFTA)."

"It was an aluminum structure resembling two wheels with a 6 m (20 ft) long central axle, ballasted with lead to give it a total mass of 3,855 kg (8,499 lb), which could be lifted by the 'Canadarm' Remote Manipulator System – the Shuttle's 'robot arm' – and moved around to help astronauts gain experience in using the system. It was stored in the midsection of the payload bay."

-Information from Wikipedia

Date: September 2-3, 1983

NASA ID: STS008-35-1239, S08-37-1915

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[lonestarflight]

"On Space Shuttle Mission STS-51-D, an improvised 'fly swatter' is used by the Canadarm to activate the Syncom satellite."

Date: April 12-19, 1985

NASA ID: STS51D-39-007

[lonestarflight]

Space Shuttle Enterprise after refurbishment at Edwards Air Force Base.

Date: May 2, 1983

NASA ID: DFRCEC83-24061

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