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Astronaut Administrator Rich
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| Title |
Astronaut Administrator Richard Truly |
| Full Description |
Astronaut Richard H. Truly, pilot of the Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-2 and Commander of Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-8, became NASA's eighth Administrator on July 1, 1989. One day earlier he concluded a 30 year Naval career retiring as a Vice Admiral. He was the first astronaut to head the nation's civilian space agency. Truly became Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight on February 20, 1986. In this position, he led the painstaking rebuilding of the Space Shuttle program less than one month after the Challenger disaster. This was highlighted by the much heralded "Return to Flight" on September 29, 1988 with the launch of Shuttle Discovery, 32 months after Challenger's final flight. On February 12th, 1992 Richard Truly resigned as NASA Administrator at the request of President George Bush. |
| Date |
10/01/1979 |
| NASA Center |
Headquarters |
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Richard H. Truly
| Title |
Richard H. Truly |
| Full Description |
Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly served as NASA Administrator from May 14, 1989 to March 31, 1992. Prior to becoming Administrator, Adm. Truly served as NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Flight. In this position, he led the painstaking rebuilding of the Space Shuttle program after the Challenger accident. Adm. Truly's career began in the Navy and in 1965 he became one of the first military astronauts selected to the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program in Los Angeles, California. He transferred to NASA as an astronaut in August 1969 then served as capsule communicator for all three Skylab missions in 1973 and the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975. He was pilot for the 747/Space Shuttle Enterprise approach and landing test flights during 1977, and his first space flight was November 12-14, 1981, as pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-2). After leaving NASA, Adm. Truly became Vice President and Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta. |
| Date |
UNKNOWN |
| NASA Center |
Headquarters |
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Roll
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| Title |
Space Shuttle Endeavour Rollout |
| Full Description |
NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly addresses the audience in attendance at the rollout ceremonies of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour which occured on April 25, 1991, at the Rockwell International facility, Palmdale, Calif. Endeavour, the fourth Orbiter to join the fleet, replacing the lost Challenger, can be seen in the background. |
| Date |
04/25/1991 |
| NASA Center |
Headquarters |
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Portrait of Astronaut Richar
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| Title |
Portrait of Astronaut Richard H. Truly |
| Description |
Portrait of Astronaut Richard H. Truly in flight suit holding a model of the space shuttle. |
| Date |
09.08.1976 |
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Two crews for the Shuttle Ap
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| Title |
Two crews for the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) |
| Description |
The two crews for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) are photographed at the Rockwell International Space Division's Orbiter assembly facility at Palmdale, California on the day of the rollout of the Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" spacecraft. They are, left to right, Astronauts C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot of the first crew, Fred W. Haise Jr., commander of the first crew, Joe H. Engle, commander of the second crew, and Richard H. Truly, pilot of the second crew. The DC-9 size airplane-like Orbiter 101 is in the background. |
| Date Taken |
1976-09-17 |
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Astronaut Richard Truly, sec
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| Title |
Astronaut Richard Truly, second pilot for Shuttle Approach and Landing Test |
| Description |
Astronaut Richard H. Truly, pilot of the second crew for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT), is photographed at the Rockwell International Space Division's Orbiter assembly facility at Palmdale, California on the day of the rollout of the Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" spacecraft. The DC-9 size airplane-like Orbiter 101 is in the background. |
| Date Taken |
1976-09-17 |
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Portrait of Astronaut Richar
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| Title |
Portrait of Astronaut Richard H. Truly |
| Description |
Portrait of Astronaut Richard H. Truly in flight suit holding a model of the space shuttle. |
| Date Taken |
1976-09-08 |
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise"
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| Title |
Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise" lands at Edwards AFB after second ALT |
| Description |
The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" stirs up a cloud of desert sand and dust as it lands at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 28-second unpowered flight during the second free-flight of the Shuttle Approach and and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 13, 1977. On the right a T-38 chase plane comes in for a landing, also. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were the crewmen for the flight. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" lan
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| Title |
Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" lands at Edwards AFB |
| Description |
The rear wheels of the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 raise desert sand on the landing strip at Edwards Air Force Base as the "Enterprise" completes the fourth of five scheduled Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flights. This mission marked the first occasion of the orbiter to fly minus tail cone. The unpowered phase, with Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, controlling the Enterprise, took two-minutes and 34 seconds. One of the T-38 chase planes that remained with the Shuttle craft for the mission's duration is partially visible at right. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" turns a
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" turns and banks during second ALT |
| Description |
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" makes a turn and bank maneuver during the second free flight of the Shuttle Apporach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 13, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. The "Enterprise" separated form the NASA 747 carrier aircraft and after a five-minute, 28-second unpowered flight landed on a runway below. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, and Richard H. Truly were the crew of the "Enterprise." The ALT free flights are designed to verify Orbiter subsonic airworthiness, integrated systems operations and pilot-guided approach and landing capability and satisfying prerequisites to automatic flight control and navigation mode. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" separat
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" separates from the NASA 747 carrier |
| Description |
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" is seen separating from the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the second free flight of the Shuttle Apporach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 13, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, and Richard H. Truly were the crew of the "Enterprise." The ALT free flights are designed to verify Orbiter subsonic airworthiness, integrated systems operations and pilot-guided approach and landing capability and satisfying prerequisites to automatic flight control and navigation mode. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise"
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| Title |
Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise" lands at Edwards AFB after second ALT |
| Description |
The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" lands on the desert at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 31-second unpowered flight during the second free-flight of the Shuttle Approach and and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 13, 1977. Two T-38 chase planes remain with the "Enterprise" for the landing. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were the crewmen for the flight. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Astronauts Engle and Truly f
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| Title |
Astronauts Engle and Truly following egress Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise |
| Description |
Astronauts Joe H. Engle (looking down), commander, and Richard H. Truly (face partially obscured by Engle), pilot, are greeted by Rockwell technicians following egress from the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise." They had just completed a five minute, 31-second unpowered free flight in the "Enterprise," the second of a series of such flights, conducted on September 13, 1977, at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) and Edwards Air Force Base. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" soars a
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" soars above the NASA 747 carrier |
| Description |
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" soars above the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the second free flight of the Shuttle Apporach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 13, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, and Richard H. Truly were the crew of the "Enterprise." The ALT free flights are designed to verify Orbiter subsonic airworthiness, integrated systems operations and pilot-guided approach and landing capability and satisfying prerequisites to automatic flight control and navigation mode. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Astronauts Engle and Truly i
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| Title |
Astronauts Engle and Truly in cockpit of Orbiter 101 prior to takeoff |
| Description |
Astronauts Joe H. Engle (right), commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, sit in the cockpit of the Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) prior to takeoff of the NASA 747 carrier aircraft to which the "Enterprise" was mated. The photograph was made from the Mate-Demate Device (MDD). |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise"
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| Title |
Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise" lands at Edwards AFB after second ALT |
| Description |
The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" stirs up a cloud of desert sand and dust as it lands at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 28-second unpowered flight during the second free-flight of the Shuttle Approach and and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 13, 1977. On the right a T-38 chase plane comes in for a landing, also. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were the crewmen for the flight. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" rides "
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" rides "piggy-back" atop NASA 747 carrier |
| Description |
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" rides "piggy-back" atop the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the second free flight of the Shuttle Apporach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 13, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. One chase plane can be seen in the left background, another appearing to be directly under the Boeing 747. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, and Richard H. Truly were the crew of the "Enterprise." The ALT free flights are designed to verify Orbiter subsonic airworthiness, integrated systems operations and pilot-guided approach and landing capability and satisfying prerequisites to automatic flight control and navigation mode. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise"
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| Title |
Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise" lands at Edwards AFB after second ALT |
| Description |
The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" stirs up a cloud of desert sand and dust as it lands at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 31-second unpowered flight during the second free-flight of the Shuttle Approach and and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 13, 1977. On the right a T-38 chase plane comes in for a landing, also. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were the crewmen for the flight. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Astronauts Engle and Truly a
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| Title |
Astronauts Engle and Truly at breakfast priot to second ALT |
| Description |
Astronauts Joe H. Engle, center, commander and Richard H. Truly, left, pilot, enjoy breakfast prior to the second free flight of the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT), on September 13, 1977, in Trailer 69 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. Joining the crew at breakfast is training officer Rich Nygren. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" turns a
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" turns and banks during second ALT |
| Description |
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" makes a turn and bank maneuver during the second free flight of the Shuttle Apporach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 13, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. The "Enterprise" separated form the NASA 747 carrier aircraft and after a five-minute, 28-second unpowered flight landed on a runway below. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, and Richard H. Truly were the crew of the "Enterprise." The ALT free flights are designed to verify Orbiter subsonic airworthiness, integrated systems operations and pilot-guided approach and landing capability and satisfying prerequisites to automatic flight control and navigation mode. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Astronauts Engle and Truly e
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| Title |
Astronauts Engle and Truly egress Shuttle Orbiter 101 after fourth ALT |
| Description |
Astronauts Joe H. Engle, left, commander and Richard H. Truly, pilot, egress the Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" following completion of the fourth Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) in Southern California. The landed the craft in the desert at Edwards Air Force Base following a two-minute, 34-second unpowered mission. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" hea
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| Title |
Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" heads for landing at Edwards AFB |
| Description |
The Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" heads towards landing at Edwards Air Force Base following a two-minute, 34-second unpowered phase of the fourth Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight on October 12, 1977. In preparation for conditions of actual Space Shuttle flights, this mission marked the first one in which the Orbiter went up minus tail cone. Two chase planes are seen following the craft on its approach. Inside the Enterprise were Astronauts Joe H. Engle, flight commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" separat
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" separates from the NASA 747 carrier |
| Description |
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" separates from the NASA 747 carrier aircraft to begin its first "tail-cone off" unpowered flight over desert and mountains of Southern California. A T-38 chase plane follows in right background. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, and Richard H. Truly controlled the Orbiter on its two-minute, 34-second unpowered mission on this the fourth of five Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) with free flight phases, from Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC). |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" soars a
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" soars above Edwards Air Force Base |
| Description |
Facilities on a part of the huge Edwards Air Force Base in the desertland of Southern California form the backdrop for the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" as it heads for a landing during the fourth Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight. Note that the tail cone is removed from the Enterprise for this flight, which featured a two-minute, 34 second unpowered phase after the Orbiter separated from NASA 905, a 747 carrier aircraft. Crewmen for this flight were Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterpr
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| Title |
Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" parked on runway at Edwards AFB |
| Description |
The Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" is parked on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base following completion of a successful "tail cone off" free flight on October 12, 1977. This was the first Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight without the tail cone but the fourth of five scheduled manned unpowered missions at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC). The two Orbiter 101 crewmen are Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" rides "
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" rides "piggy-back" atop NASA 747 carrier |
| Description |
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" rides "piggy-back" atop the NASA 747 carrier aircraft prior to separating from it for the first "tail-cone off" free flight of the Shuttle Apporach and Landing Tests (ALTs) program. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot were the crew of the "Enterprise." This flight marked the fourth in a series of ALT free flights from Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" hea
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| Title |
Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" heads for landing at Edwards AFB |
| Description |
The Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" heads towards landing at Edwards Air Force Base following a two-minute, 34-second unpowered phase of the fourth Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight on October 12, 1977. In preparation for conditions of actual Space Shuttle flights, this mission marked the first one in which the Orbiter went up minus tail cone. Two chase planes are seen following the craft on its approach. Inside the Enterprise were Astronauts Joe H. Engle, flight commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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STS-2 crew Engle and Truly d
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| Title |
STS-2 crew Engle and Truly during and after their preflight press conference |
| Description |
STS-2 crew Joe Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, during and after their preflight press conferenceon August 3, 1981. Photos include Engle (left), and Truly inspecting a model of the Space Shuttle Columbia which includes for the first time the addition of a remote manipulator system (RMS) (35111), Engle, right, and Truly answer questions from the news media representatives attending the STS-2 pre-flight press conference (35112). |
| Date Taken |
1981-08-07 |
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STS-2 crew, Engle and Truly
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| Title |
STS-2 crew, Engle and Truly at the aft RMS work station during OIT |
| Description |
Astronauts Joe H. Engle, right, and Richard H. Truly check instruments in the cabin of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia during the milestone orbiter integrated test (OIT) at the Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) (35766), closer view of Engle and Truly during OIT (35767). |
| Date Taken |
1981-08-20 |
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STS-2 crew, Engle and Truly
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| Title |
STS-2 crew, Engle and Truly at the aft RMS work station during OIT |
| Description |
Astronauts Joe H. Engle, right, and Richard H. Truly check instruments in the cabin of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia during the milestone orbiter integrated test (OIT) at the Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) (35766), closer view of Engle and Truly during OIT (35767). |
| Date Taken |
1981-08-20 |
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STS-2 crew Engle and Truly d
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| Title |
STS-2 crew Engle and Truly during and after their preflight press conference |
| Description |
STS-2 crew Joe Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, during and after their preflight press conferenceon August 3, 1981. Photos include Engle (left), and Truly inspecting a model of the Space Shuttle Columbia which includes for the first time the addition of a remote manipulator system (RMS) (35111), Engle, right, and Truly answer questions from the news media representatives attending the STS-2 pre-flight press conference (35112). |
| Date Taken |
1981-08-07 |
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