6-7 April 1984: The Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 lifted off from Florida's K.S.C. with CDR Bob Crippen, Pilot Dick Scobee, M.S.1 "T.J." Hart, M.S.2 "Ox" van Hoften, & M.S.3 "Pinky" Nelson; the quintet deployed the Long Duration Exposure Facility, a satellite covered with fifty-seven materials science experiments, & prepared to rescue & repair the crippled Solar Maximum Mission (SolarMax).
"Ox" van Hoften, "Pinky" Nelson, & on the previous flight, S.T.S.-41-B, "Hoot" Gibson. Truly, this was a golden age of astronaut nicknames!
Bonus! Space Age Song o' the Day: S.T.S.-41-C
Bill Conti, "Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)" from Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score—30th Anniversary Edition (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
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