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Discovery Mission STS-26

Discovery Mission STS-26

Successful launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery

Successful launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery
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It was one of the joys of my life to be on location representing Minolta at the Kennedy Space Center for mission STS-26. This is the Space Shuttle Discovery. This mission was 10 years after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. All future Space Shuttle launches depended on the success of Discovery.
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