1983 Event STS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad 1983 Event STS-9 vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB due to SRB nozzle problem 1983 Event STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad 1983 Event Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9 1948 Birthday Byron K Lichtenburg, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, astronaut, STS-9, STS-45 1945 Birthday Brewster H Shaw, Jr., Michigan, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28 1941 Birthday Ulf D Merbold, German physicist/astronaut, STS-9, 42, Soyuz TM-19 1936 Birthday Robert Alan Ridley Parker, New York City, PhD/astronaut, STS-9, STS-35 1930 Birthday Owen Kay Garriott, Enid Oklahoma, astronaut, Skylab 3, STS-9
