There were two Space Shuttle flights in 1981, three in 1982, & four in 1983. 1983 saw the beginning of the Tracking & Data Relay Satellite System (T.D.R.S.S.), which is still in use today (though being phased out). Shuttle crews became more diverse, fulfilling the promise of 1978's Astronaut Grop 8: the first female astronaut (third female overall after two Soviet cosmonauts) on S.T.S.-7, the first African-American astronaut on S.T.S.-8, & the first European astronaut on S.T.S.-9. Payload Specialists began flying alongside Mission Specialists. The European-built Spacelab module flew for the first time.
The Wayback Machine Tour of the Space Shuttle 1983
"The Explorers' Club," № CMXLIII: The 40th Anniversary of S.T.S.-6, Part I
"The Explorers' Club," № CMXLIV: The 40th Anniversary of S.T.S.-6, Part II
"The Explorers' Club," № CMLIX: The 40th Anniversary of S.T.S.-7, Part I
"The Explorers' Club," № CMLXI: The 40th Anniversary of S.T.S.-7, Part II
"The Explorers' Club," № CMLXXV: The 40th Anniversary of S.T.S.-8, Part I
"The Explorers' Club," № CMLXXVII: The 40th Anniversary of S.T.S.-8, Part II
"The Explorers' Club," № CMLXXXV: The 40th Anniversary of the Space Shuttle Discovery
"The Explorers' Club," № CMXCV: The 40th Anniversary of S.T.S.-9 (Spacelab 1), Part I
"The Explorers' Club," № CMXCVII: The 40th Anniversary of S.T.S.-9 (Spacelab 1), Part II
Ad astra per aspera.
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