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| Above, shuttle Columbia and chase planes over Edwards Air Force Base on July4, 1982. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Paul Evans and I attended the Dodger game at Dodger Stadium on July 3. From there, after the game and fireworks show, we drove to Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert to attend the landing of space shuttle Columbia following the mission designated as STS-4.
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| Above, yours truly after arriving at Edwards Air Force Base. Photo by Paul Evans. |
Perhaps about a half million people drove to Rogers Dry Lake to view the landing. We met with Glenn Thornhill and Arleigh Kerr at the viewing area.
President and Mrs. Reagan also attended.
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| Above, another view of Columbia during its landing approach. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
After the landing of Columbia, President Reagan gave the word for the take-off of space shuttle Challenger atop a modified Boeing 747. Challenger and the 747 flew over the crowd.
Here's a couple of videos of that day:
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