High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! STS-3 was the third space shuttle mission, and was the third mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first launch with an unpainted external tank, and the only landing so far at the White Sands Space Harbor near Las Cruces, New Mexico.Columbia was launched on its third flight at 11:00 a.m. EST, on 22 March 1982, the planned launch date. The launch was delayed 1 hour because of the failure of a heater on a nitrogen gas ground support line. Columbia had spent only 70 days in the Orbiter Processing Facility—a record checkout time. The two-man crew included Jack R. Lousma, commander, and Charles G. Fullerton, pilot.

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