STS-3 crew: Jack Lousma, Gordon Fullerton
Mission patch
Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-3), the third mission of NASA's shuttle program, launched March 22, 1982. Its crew consisted of Commander Jack Lousma and Pilot Gordon Fullerton.
During the flight, the crew discovered that prolonged exposure to the sun caused the cargo bay doors to warp slightly, which prevented them from closing properly. They found that if they rolled the orbiter to balance temperatures, the bay doors closed completely.
They returned to Earth March 30, landing at White Sands, New Mexico because of flooding at Edwards Air Force Base, the original landing site.
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