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In Photos: Highlights of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program
A photographic timeline of major events in the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
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November 28 - December 8, 1983: This Columbia flight carried the first Spacelab mission and the first astronaut to represent the European Space Agency, Ulf Merbold of Germany. Left to right are Merbold, Byron K. Lichtenberg and Robert A. R. Parker. (Image
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January 1986: Shuttle Challenger explodes seconds after takeoff. Seven crew members perished in the explosion. (Image: NASA)
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September 29-October 3, 1988: Shuttle program returns to flight with Discovery and deploys the TDRS-C satellite. (Image: NASA)
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April 24, 1990: Shuttle Discovery deploys the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image: NASA)