STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by NASA, and the second flight of the orbiter Columbia. The mission, crewed by Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly, launched on …

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Apr 30, 2025 · After serving as capsule communicator for all three Skylab missions in 1973 and the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975, Astronaut Richard H. Truly made his first space flight in …

During this hold, high oil pressures were discovered in two of Columbia’s three auxiliary power units that operate the Shuttle’s hydraulic mechanisms. Subsequent maintenance to the units …

Mar 26, 2020 · In the early planning stages of the Space Shuttle program, STS -2 was intended to be a reboost mission for the aging Skylab space station. However, such a mission was made …

Documentary about the STS-2 mission, entirely based on historical narration, mission audio and footage.

Nov 12, 2021 · Above all, the flight of STS-2 proved a fundamental thing about spaceflight: the ship could be reused. Gone were the days that new capsules were necessary for every …

Nov 12, 2024 · STS-2 was planned as a five-day mission. In addition to continued testing of the orbital vehicle, on this flight the Remote Manipulator System (the “robot arm”) would be …

A Space Shuttle Columbia rocket launched with STS-2 from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA on Thursday November Th, 1981 at 15:09 UTC.

Nov 12, 2021 · View of Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston after the landing of Columbia, ending the STS-2 mission. Flight controllers in Mission Control in …