27 June 1982: The Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center with CDR Ken Mattingly & Pilot Hank Hartsfield; this was the first Shuttle flight to carry Getaway Special payloads, the first to launch precisely on schedule, the last with a crew of two, & the last "test flight;" both Solid Rocket Boosters crashed into the ocean & sank due to main parachutes failures.
Bonus! Space Age Song o' the Day: S.T.S.-4
They Might Be Giants, "Four of Two" from No! (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
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