<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-8" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="STS-8">STS-8</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Space Shuttle Challenger">Space Shuttle <i id="mwASI">Challenger</i></a> takes off on the first night launch of the shuttle program. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guion_Bluford" id="mwASM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Guion Bluford">Guion Bluford</a> becomes the first African-American in space on this mission.<sup about="#mwt58" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_30#cite_note-10" id="mwASQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASU">[10]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"><cite about="#mwt55" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFJenkins2001">Jenkins, Dennis R. (2001). <i id="mwByg">Space Shuttle – the history of the national space transportation system: the first 100 missions</i> (3rd<span id="mwByk" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>ed.). Midland. p.<span id="mwByo" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>271. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBys" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwByw" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/1-85780-116-4" id="mwBy0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/1-85780-116-4"><bdi id="mwBy4">1-85780-116-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt55" class="Z3988" id="mwBy8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Space+Shuttle+%E2%80%93+the+history+of+the+national+space+transportation+system%3A+the+first+100+missions&amp;rft.pages=271&amp;rft.edition=3rd&amp;rft.pub=Midland&amp;rft.date=2001&amp;rft.isbn=1-85780-116-4&amp;rft.aulast=Jenkins&amp;rft.aufirst=Dennis+R.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+30"></span></span>