1983: STS-9 Columbia (NASA)

STS-9 (also known as STS-41A) (Spacelab 1) was the 6th mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

The six-member crew —a manned space flight record at the time — included John W. Young, commander, on his second Shuttle flight; Brewster H. Shaw, pilot; Owen Garriott and Robert A. Parker, both mission specialists; and Byron K. Lichtenberg and Ulf Merbold payload specialists— the first two non-astronauts to fly on the Shuttle. Merbold, a citizen of West Germany, also was the first foreign citizen to participate in a Shuttle flight. Lichtenberg was a researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Scientist-astronaut Garriot had spent 56 days in orbit in 1973 aboard Skylab.

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[Neptuneaus]

John Young is a true legend and American hero.

[El135o]

John Young has a really dry sense of humour! Gotta appreciate that.

[antimatterXXXIII]

John Young really made a perfect landing on his last flight! He was slated to command to HST deployment but his mission was canceled by the Challenger accident.

-drl

[40nasher]

this video was good

hi anyone want to chat TG