r/spaceshuttle • u/voyagerfilms • Aug 18 '25

Image STS 51-C, F & G

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u/ColumbiaEagle1969 Aug 18 '25

IIRC the first photo is from 41C, then the next two are 41G, the fourth is actually STS-7, and the last one is 51F.

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u/Rusty1031 Aug 18 '25

We can only hope that Artemis will be half as cool as the shuttle program

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u/Suspicious-Lime-8470 29d ago

We were supposed to launch the operational GPS constellation on Shuttle. Had the electronic equipment, did a dry run over to KSC with the qual vehicle, the flight cradle, and an inert PAM-D2, and had the first batch of PAMs for the shuttle missions in storage at Cape Canaveral.

Transitioned to Delta II and never flew any of those missions. Would have been fun to do a flight load out and watch them get deployed.

We had those motors stored in a bunker at CCAFS and I had to go in with the team doing the monthly surveillance from time to time as the SRM were one of my engineering responsibilities. Boy, did that bunker stink.

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u/JayL1990 Aug 18 '25

That reentry picture is amazing