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Valued exposure: Return

STS-2 Orbiter Columbia

After completing its second successful mission into space, the STS-2 Orbiter Columbia begins its return flight to the Kennedy Space Centre aboard the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, 1981.

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