STS-8. NASA public domain image colelction.

Launch- August 30, 1983 .Landing- September 5, 1983 Edwards Air Force Base, Cal.Astronauts: Richard H. Truly, Daniel C. Brandenstein, Dale A. Gardner, Guion S. Bluford, Jr. and William E. Thornton.Space Shuttle: Challenger.STS-8 carried the first African-American into space. Tests were conducted on the flight deck area by facing the nose away from the sun for 14 hours to test the area in extreme cold. Experiments were performed to test animal reactions to space by carrying six rats into space...www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archiv... ( http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-8.html )