#sts-4

[lonestarflight]

STS-4: re-entry and landing flight plan

Deorbit and re-entry track.

The 16 minute communications blackout area over Hawaii.

The approach and landing at Runway 22 of the Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Date: July 4, 1982

Drew Granston's collection: link, link, link, link, link

[gregorygalloway]

Henry Hartsfield, Jr. (21 November 1933 – 17 July 2014)

[humanoidhistory]

"STS-4 at 00.52 sec." by Ren Wicks, 1982, commissioned as part of the NASA Art Program.

[gusgrissom]

“Truly, there is no more beautiful sight than to see the Earth from space beyond. This planet is an exquisite oasis. Warmth emanates from the Earth when you look at her from space. It’s impossible to see anything but goodness. My wish is that we would allow this planet to be the beautiful oasis she is, and allow ourselves to live more in the peace that she generates.” -Dr. Ron McNair, 1984

[historical-spaceflight]

June 27th, 1982 - Space Shuttle Columbia, Ken Mattingly II and Henry Hartsfield Jr. launch from Cape Canaveral on the fourth shuttle mission and final test flight of the orbiter, STS-4.

Columbia carried a payload of science experiments from Utah University students, and a classified Air Force payload. STS-4 would last seven days, before landing at Dryden.

[lonestarflight]

Launch of STS-4 Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off Launch Complex 39 Pad-A during her STS-4 Mission.

"Astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II and Henry W. Hartsfield Jr. are aboard for NASA's final orbital flight test before launching into a new space era with the first operational flight planned for fall of this year."

-Commemorative stamp by Rockwell International: link

Date: June 27, 1982

NASA ID: S82-33289, S82-33288, KSC-82PC-0669, KSC-82PC-0634, DF-SC-84-03964

[lonestarflight]

"The aft wheels of the Space Shuttle Columbia ease down on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) today to successfully complete a week-long spaceflight for astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II, and Henry W. Hartsfield Jr. A T-38 aircraft serves as a chase plane (just above center of photo) in the background. Not long after this photograph was made and the crew had egressed their craft, President Ronald Reagan addressed a giant crowd on hand at Edwards AFB for a special kind of July 4 celebration."

Date: July 4, 1982

NASA ID: S82-33229, S82-33228, S82-33420

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[lonestarflight]

"Columbia Space Shuttle astronauts Commander Thomas K. Mattingly, foreground, and Pilot Henry W. Hartsfield salute President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, as the astronauts begin the customary walk-around inspection of the orbiter after landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Mattingly and Hartsfield were the first to land the Shuttle on a concrete runway. The landing proved that the shuttle could return safely to a precisely targeted location on Earth."

Date: July 4, 1982

NASA ID: GPN-2000-001702, KSC-82PC-0710, EC82-20211