An estimated 45,000 visitors jammed the back ramp and taxiways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on July 4, 1982 to hear congratulations from President Ronald Reagan following the historic Independence Day landing of Space Shuttle Columbia after the fourth shuttle mission.
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An estimated 45,000 visitors jammed the back ramp and taxiways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on July 4, 1982 to hear congratulations from President Ronald Reagan following the historic Independence Day landing of Space Shuttle Columbia after the fourth shuttle mission.