#VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Karol J. Bobko - VAntage Point

As a NASA astronaut, Bobko was part of the Skylab Medical Experiments Altitude Test, a 56-day space station mission simulation. He was also part of the support crew for the 1975 American-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz Test Project and the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests at Edwards Air Force Base.
In 1983, Bobko finally had his chance to enter space when he served as the pilot aboard the space shuttle Challenger during its STS-6 mission. During this mission, the crew deployed a communications satellite and conducted the first shuttle spacewalk in addition to various other experiments.