NASA launches <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-26" id="mwATA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="STS-26">STS-26</a>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle" id="mwATE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> mission since the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster" id="mwATI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Space Shuttle Challenger disaster"><i id="mwATM">Challenger</i> disaster</a>.<sup about="#mwt205" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-39"}}' id="cite_ref-39" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_29#cite_note-39" id="mwATQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 39;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATU">[39]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-39"><cite about="#mwt202" class="citation journal cs1" id="CITEREFWoodHelfertLullaCovey1989">Wood, C.A.; Helfert, M.R.; Lulla, K.P.; Covey, R.O. (June 1989). "Earth Observations During Space Shuttle Flight: Sts-26: Discovery's Mission to Earth: September 29-October 3, 1988". <i id="mwC-Y">Geocarto International</i>. <b id="mwC-c">4</b> (2): 55–63. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Doi_(identifier)" id="mwC-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F10106048909354209" id="mwC-k" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">10.1080/10106048909354209</a>.</cite><span about="#mwt202" class="Z3988" id="mwC-o" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Geocarto+International&amp;rft.atitle=Earth+Observations+During+Space+Shuttle+Flight%3A+Sts-26%3A+Discovery%27s+Mission+to+Earth%3A+September+29-October+3%2C+1988&amp;rft.volume=4&amp;rft.issue=2&amp;rft.pages=55-63&amp;rft.date=1989-06&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F10106048909354209&amp;rft.aulast=Wood&amp;rft.aufirst=C.A.&amp;rft.au=Helfert%2C+M.R.&amp;rft.au=Lulla%2C+K.P.&amp;rft.au=Covey%2C+R.O.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+29"></span></span>