Space Shuttle Orbiter 102 Columbia is shown backing out of its manufacturing facililty at Palmdale, CA, the Rockwell international Space Division Plant, enroute to Dryden Flgiht Research Center. This Orbiter will be the first shuttle spacecraft that will carry two astronauts, John Young and Richard Crippen, into earth orbital test flight in late 1979.
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NASA ID
ARC-1980-AC80-0107-10
Date Created
February 6, 1980
Center
ARC
Media Type
image
Photographer
DRFC
Space Shuttle Program
Sep 12, 2012