1999年7月23日00时31分0.066秒(美国东部时间,下同),美国航天局的哥伦比亚号航天飞机在一片耀眼的亮光中,从佛罗里达州卡纳维尔角的肯尼迪航天中心发射升空,8.5分后,安全进入轨道,开始了人们期待已久的 STS-93任务的飞行。哥伦比亚号此次太空飞行为期5天。其主任务是将昌德拉 X 射线天文台送入地球轨道,而担任此次太空飞行指挥的艾琳.柯林斯是美国航天局的第一位女性指令长,因而倍受各方面的瞩目。两次喊停延期3天发射 1999年7月20日是阿波罗11号登月30周年的纪念 July 23, 1999 At 00:31:06 (EDT, the same below), NASA’s space shuttle Columbia was launched in a blinding light from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida After 8.5 points, orbital safety into orbit, began the long-awaited mission of the STS-93 flight. The space shuttle Columbia for a period of 5 days. Its main task is to send the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit, and Irene Collins, the space command conductor, is NASA’s first female commander, which has drawn much attention from all quarters. Two calls and three days delay in firing Launch July 20, 1999 marks the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon