Travel Bug Dog Tag Challenger (OV-099)

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Released:
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Origin:
Oregon, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Chief Chirpa's Backyard

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Named in honor of the Astronauts who gave their lives, Challenger's mission is to travel to the Kennedy Space Center.

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Rocket Man

Challenger, the second orbiter to become operational at Kennedy Space Center, was named after the British Naval research vessel HMS Challenger that sailed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans during the 1870's. The Apollo 17 lunar module also carried the name of Challenger. Like her historic predecessors, Space Shuttle Challenger and her crews made significant contributions to America's scientific growth.
Challenger joined the NASA fleet of reusable winged spaceships in July 1982. It flew nine successful Space Shuttle missions. On January 28, 1986, the Challenger and its seven-member crew were lost 73 seconds after launch when a booster failure resulted in the breakup of the vehicle.

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Tracking History (4963.9mi) View Map

Dropped Off 10/18/2007 jsq placed it in Chief Chirpa's Backyard Florida - 33.35 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/14/2007 jsq retrieved it from Scenic Overlook Florida   Visit Log

50th Find!

MTE and I stopped by but found that we didn't have a waypoint for this cache in the GPSr. I remembered enough from the description and where I had seen it on a map that it was easy enough to find anyways. Left a large pen and took Challenger TB to move along.
Write note 10/12/2007 thelanes posted a note for it   Visit Log

My pictures are not quite as cool as the lift of photos, but they are good none the less.

  • TB with knife from space! My aunt worked for the company that made the knives the astronaughts carried to space. Commander Shepard carried this one with him on his first flight in the Mercury Program.
  • TB next to famous astronaughts Autographs of astronaughts Owen Garriott, STS-9 and Jack Lousma, STS-3. Both were also aboard Skylab 3!
Dropped Off 10/12/2007 thelanes placed it in Scenic Overlook Florida - 39.28 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 10/7/2007 Bootscootin70 discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at the SCGA EGGGGStraviganza Morning Meet & Greet

Discovered It 10/7/2007 p's granma & granpop discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at SCGA EGGGGStraviganza. Everyone remembers this shuttle.
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/7/2007 thelanes retrieved it from SCGA EGGGGStraviganza Morning Meet & Greet Florida   Visit Log

I was in Cocoa when this shuttle was first delivered to KSC and I was there when it began its ill fated flight. I have some NASA memoribilia at the house. I will grab some photos before sending it along. TFT TB.
Discovered It 10/7/2007 seastar255 discovered it   Visit Log

discovered during the soggy SCGA EGGGGStraviganza morning meet & greet event.
Dropped Off 10/6/2007 Dale n Barb placed it in SCGA EGGGGStraviganza Morning Meet & Greet Florida - 3.55 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/5/2007 Dale n Barb retrieved it from SCGT - A Cool Cache ** Florida   Visit Log

Retrieved this TB to bring to an event.
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