[net.columbia] STS-8 Termed a Complete Success

alb@alice.UUCP (09/05/83)

NASA today said that STS-8 was 100% successful, and one flight
controller said it was the ''best flight yet.''  The Challenger
ended its 6 day, 1 hour, 8 minute, and 40 second flight at 0340
EDT this morning at Rogers Dry Lakebed, EAFB.

Before the landing, the crew turned their cameras on and took
the first ever unbroken movie of a complete pass around the
Earth.  Earlier in the day, one of the shuttle's computers
became out of sync with a twin; 40 minutes later, mission control
put it back on track but gave it secondary status for the
landing.