2018-01-112018-01-111983http://hdl.handle.net/2152.3/4523STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched on August 30, 1983 and landed on September 5.This image reflects William E. Thornton during the mission with a floating paper airplane.toy airplaneWilliam E. ThorntonSTS-8shuttleSpace Medicine