STS-5 Columbia Sunset Landing

(Above) Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-5) makes its approach for landing as the sunsets on Edwards Air Force Base. In front of the orbiter is a T-38 chase plane.

FAST FACTS: STS-5 was the first operational Space Shuttle mission. It also carried the largest crew at the time—four astronauts—and the first two commercial communications satellites to be flown on the Shuttle.