August 30th, 1983
On the evening of August 30, 1983, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her crew thundered into the night sky as it left the high-pressure xenon light illuminated launch pad of Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. This was NASA’s second night launch (the first was Apollo 17 in 1972).
Photo Courtesy of Space Coast Daily.
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