A New Crew Heads to the Space Station on This Week @NASA – September 1, 2023

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In 1983 NASA’s Guy Bluford broke barriers and made history as the first African American astronaut in space. Hear from Bluford himself see footage from his Space Shuttle missions and celebrate the milestones that forever changed the landscape of space exploration. Bluford’s first mission was STS-8 which launched from Kennedy Space Center Florida on Aug. 30 1983. This was the third flight for the Challenger orbiter and the first mission with a night launch and night landing. During the mission the STS-8 crew deployed the Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) operated the Canadian-built RMS with the Payload Flight Test Article (PFTA)

A new crew heads to the space station, a major storm spotted from space, and a robotic spacecraft enabling human missions to the Moon … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

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Video Producer: Andre Valentine
Video Editor: Andre Valentine
Narrator: Andre Valentine
Music: Universal Production Music
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