Pioneer 10 Travels Beyond Pluto (1983)
Pioneer 10 was launched on March 3, 1972, at 01:49:00 UTC by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from Space Launch Complex 36A in Florida, aboard an Atlas-Centaur. The third…
Maiden Flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger (1983)
STS-6 was the sixth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 4, 1983, the mission deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-1, into orbit, before…
Sally Ride Becomes the First American Woman in Space (1983)
When the Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on June 18, 1983, Ride became the first American woman to fly in space, and the third…