
S81-39440 (12 Nov. 1981) --- The tiny image of the space shuttle Columbia, its two solid rocket boosters and an external fuel tank feeding Columbia?s engines was captured on camera by one who can truly relate to the thoughts of the astronauts aboard ? John W. Young who was aboard the same spacecraft for its successful debut in April of this year. Young was flying NASA?s shuttle training aircraft (STA) when he used a hand-held camera to record this scene on 70mm film. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, STS-2 commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were aboard Columbia. Photo credit: NASA
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