A replica of the tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) which Discovery carried on its seventh flight, STS-26 in 1988, which made a huge impression on me as a child. This was the Return to Flight mission after the Challenger accident in 1986.

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A replica of the tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) which Discovery carried on its seventh flight, STS-26 in 1988, which made a huge impression on me as a child. This was the Return to Flight mission after the Challenger accident in 1986.

A replica of the tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) which Discovery carried on its seventh flight, STS-26 in 1988, which made a huge impression on me as a child. This was the Return to Flight mission after the Challenger accident in 1986.