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STS-8 Shuttle Challenger launch - (Great Folder with cover flown in space)
STS-8 Shuttle Challenger launch (Great Folder with cover flown in space) STS-8 ( Shuttle Challenger ) Flight - Astronauts: Richard Truly, Daniel Brandenstein, Dale Gradner, Guion Biuford and William Thornton - Launched 08/30/1983 from Kennedy Space Center ... Read More
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STS-8 Shuttle Challenger launch(Great Folder with cover flown in space)
STS-8 ( Shuttle Challenger ) Flight - Astronauts: Richard Truly, Daniel Brandenstein, Dale Gradner, Guion Biuford and William Thornton - Launched 08/30/1983 from Kennedy Space Center.Through the cooperative efforts of the USPS and NASA, this special events cover was developed and carried aboard the Shuttle Challenger on the 8th shuttle flight designated as STS-8. The cover is unique because it is the first to record the flight into space with launch and return postal markings. The $9.35 Priority Mail stamp listed as Scott # 1909 affixed was issued at KSC on 08/12/1983. The 08/14/1983 pictorial cancellation on the front indicates the date the shuttle was originally scheduled to be launched with it's cargo of covers, including this one. This pictorial cancellation honors NASA on its 25th Anniversary. Due to launch delays, the actual launch date for STS-8 was 08/30/1983 as indicated by the circular cancellation date. The circular cancellation ( 09/05/1983 ) at the bottom of the stamp and on the back of the cover indicates the date the STS-8 mission returned to earth at Edwards Air Force Base in California. About 260,000 covers were carried into Space by STS-8. This is one of the covers. A total of 500,000 covers were made and consecutively numbered. They were loaded into several different containers and it was hoped that all of them would be flown in space. A mix-up occurred and not all the containers of covers made the flight. As a result of the mix-up the numbers of the covers could be from # 1 to 500,000. This item is one of the USPS/NASA folders. Nice Space item !
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