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During the 1980s, Vandenberg Air Force Base was chosen to support Space Shuttle Operations for the Space Transportation System. Although these plans have since been discarded due to safety hazards, buildings -- such as the V23 Launch Complex, had been built to meet the proposed Shuttle services.
NASM.1992.0017
Vandenberg Air Force Base (Calif.)
[ca. 1980s]
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Gift, 1992, 1992-0017, Public Domain
3.28 Cubic feet ((3 records center boxes) (1 folder))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 67 color prints, four brochures on SAC missile chronology and the Vandenberg program, 21 16 mm films, and 17 video tapes on the Vandenberg shuttle program. The prints include images of the facility during construction; the films include STS mission activity reports and post-flight press conferences.
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Space shuttles
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