<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia" id="mwAT8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Space Shuttle Columbia">Space Shuttle <i id="mwAUA">Columbia</i></a> launches on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-93" id="mwAUE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="STS-93">STS-93</a>, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Collins" id="mwAUI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eileen Collins">Eileen Collins</a> becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_X-ray_Observatory" id="mwAUM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chandra X-ray Observatory">Chandra X-ray Observatory</a>.<sup about="#mwt49" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_23#cite_note-7" id="mwAUQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUU">[7]</span></a></sup>
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