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Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-26) Launch

The Space Shuttle Discovery is poised for liftoff, marking NASA's first manned mission since the Challenger disaster. The crew and ground team face immense pressure to succeed, with the world watching

Year 1988
Date 9/29
Location Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Layer 2
Visibility PUBLIC
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Key Figures

Frederick Hauck Richard Covey NASA Flight Director Launch Technician Journalist
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 364 linked moments

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Space Shuttle STS-26 Return to Flight Launch
1988 · contemporaneous
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STS-26 Return to Flight Mission
1988 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight Launch
1988 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return-to-Flight Launch
1988 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 8 Lunar Orbital Mission
1968 · same location
A
Apollo 10 Lunar Module Test
1969 · same location
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-95 Launch
1998 · same location
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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
2003 · same figure
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · same figure
A
Apollo 13 Launch
1970 · same figure
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STS-107 Launch
2003 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Discovery Return to Flight (STS-114)
2005 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Discovery Return to Flight (STS-114)
2005 · same figure
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STS-107 Launch
2003 · same figure
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Vostok 1
1961 · same figure
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STS-1: First Space Shuttle Flight
1981 · same figure
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Space Shuttle STS-26 Return to Flight Launch
1988 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-114 Return to Flight
2005 · same figure
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Vostok 1 Launch
1961 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Discovery Final Flight (STS-133)
2011 · same figure
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STS-26 Discovery Return to Flight
1988 · same figure
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Gemini 3 Launch
1965 · same figure
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Vostok 1 Launch (Yuri Gagarin)
1961 · same figure
Apollo 13 Launch
Apollo 13 Launch
1970 · same location
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Space Shuttle STS-26 Return to Flight Launch
1988 · contemporaneous
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STS-26 Return to Flight Mission
1988 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight Launch
1988 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return-to-Flight Launch
1988 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-95 Launch
1998 · same era
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-95 Launch
1998 · precedes
A
Apollo 8 Lunar Orbital Mission
1968 · same location
A
Apollo 10 Lunar Module Test
1969 · same location