[DOC] [TLE] Dale Gardner dies at 65; spacewalker on first satellite rescue mission [PAR] Mar 1, 2014 ... Dale Gardner, left, with the crew of the space shuttle Discovery ... just a year later, 
when the Challenger exploded just after launch over Florida. ... and flew on his 
first mission into space aboard the Challenger on Aug. 30, 1983. ... He grew 
frustrated waiting to fly again and quit the program in August of 1986. [DOC] [TLE] Jeopary Questions page 1657 - LET'S MAKE A DALE - TriviaBistro ... [PAR] LET'S MAKE A DALE: Dale Gardner made his first space flight on this shuttle in 
1983; he quit the program after it exploded in 1986  COUNTRIES OF THE... [DOC] [TLE] Dale Gardner, Astronaut Who Rescued A Satellite With A Jetpack ... [PAR] Feb 21, 2014 ... Dale Gardner (left) prior to the launch of STS-8 in 1983, along with the rest of his 
crew. ... In his case, it was to retrieve the malfunctioning Westar 6 satellite. ... for 
astronaut use after the Challenger explosion of 1986. ... a year after the shuttle 
Challenger explosion), where he joined U.S. Space Command and... [DOC] [TLE] Dale Gardner - Wikipedia [PAR] Dale Allan Gardner (November 8, 1948  February 19, 2014) was a NASA 
astronaut who flew two Space Shuttle missions during the early 1980s ... He 
considered his hometown to be Clinton, Iowa, where his mother, Mrs. Alice 
Gardner, resides. ... Space Shuttle onboard computers leading up to the first flight 
in April 1981. [DOC] [TLE] SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION SUMMARIES - KSC Science Home Page [PAR] 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle exploded. ... The accident had a far-reaching impact 
on the Space Shuttle program. ... The first launch of the Space Shuttle occurred 
on April 12, l98l, when the orbiter Columbia, with two crew .... was the pilot, while 
Bluford, Dale A. Gardner and William Thornton served as mission specialists. [DOC] [TLE] Human Space Flight: A Record of Achievement, 1961-1998 ... [PAR] Almost forty years after the Mercury astronauts made their first brief forays into ... 
Others-notably Skylab and the Space Shuttle-advanced our capabilities by ... 
During his short time in space he maneuvered his spacecraft using hand .... It 
was during the Gemini program that space flight became routine. ...... Dale A. 
Gardner. [DOC] [TLE] 8-1 - Kailua High School [PAR] He flew 144 combat missions in an F-4C Phantom. Born in Philadelphia in 1942, 
Bluford continued his education after his tour of duty in ... In 1983 Bluford was a 
crew member on the space shuttle ... The first of the US manned programs was 
Project Mercury. ... After leaving NASA Glenn became ...... Branstein, Dale 
Gardner,. [DOC] [TLE] manned spaceflight engineers [PAR] First cadre Manned Space Flight Engineers at Rockwell International, November 
1982. ... The Shuttle was the Air Force's third attempt at a manned space 
programme ... Robert E. Christian III at Los Angeles Space Division, and his 
deputy, Capt. ... As late as 1983 one NASA official wrote that he considered 
MSEs to be... [DOC] [TLE] NASA. [PAR] Navy veteran Dale Gardner, a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle missions ... 
After leaving NASA, he reactivated his Naval commission and served as Deputy 
Chief, Space ... The 1983 mission, in the Challenger, was the first night launch 
and first ... after the Challenger was destroyed by a booster-rocket explosion in 
1986, [DOC] [TLE] Download PDF - Springer [PAR] arrived back at the CB one day ahead of the new astronauts, as he did not wish 
to be ... Spaceflight Engineer (MSE) Program, in which military payload 
specialists would ... recognising that mistakes had been made on his first 
astronaut tour. ...... Shortly after the OMS burn, Thornton and MS 1 Dale Gardner 
left their seats and. [DOC] [TLE] Treasure Coast memories of space shuttle Challenger disaster, 25 ... [PAR] Jan 28, 2011 ... Thousands of Treasure Coast residents saw the explosion of the ... Finally, I 
started to pray to God that He took them all right into His

Question: Dale Gardner made his first space flight on this shuttle in 1983; he quit the program after it exploded in 1986
Answer: Challenger