more at scitech.quickfound.net "THE ORBITAL FLIGHT TESTS OF THE SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM The first four test missions of the Space Transportation System (STS) - flights STS-1, 2, 3, and 4 - are covered. Also included are the events leading up to the launch of STS-1, President Reagan's speech after the landing of STS-4, and highlights of the Orbital Flight Test Program in general." NASA film JSC-824 Public domain film from NASA, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and equalization . Split with MKVmerge GUI (part of MKVToolNix), the same software can recombine the downloaded parts (in mp4 format): www.bunkus.org part 1: www.youtube.com en.wikipedia.org STS-3 was NASA's third Space Shuttle mission, and was the third mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first shuttle launch with an unpaint! ed external tank, and the only mission to land at the White Sands Space Harbor near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Columbia was launched from Kennedy Space Center at 11:00 am EST, on 22 March 1982, the planned launch date.[1] The launch was delayed by one hour due to the failure of a heater on a nitrogen-gas ground support line. Prior to the launch, Columbia had spent only 70 days in the Orbiter Processing Facilityâ€"a record checkout time. The two-man crew consisted of Jack R. Lousma, commander, and Charles G ...
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