Editing STS-7 (section)

== Incidents ==
[[File:ET6 Foam Loss.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|External Tank serial number 6 after jettison from ''Challenger'' on June 18, 1983. The arrow indicates the white area on the left bipod ramp where foam had broken off.]]
STS-7 experienced the first known [[Space Shuttle external tank]] (ET) bipod ramp foam shedding event during launch. This was the root cause of the eventual loss of ''Columbia'' during [[STS-107]] almost two decades later. While ''Challenger'' was on-orbit, one of its windows was damaged non-critically by [[space debris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/photogallery/photogallery.html |title=Orbital Debris Photo Gallery|publisher=NASA|access-date=August 12, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527094913/http://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/photogallery/photogallery.html|archive-date=May 27, 2010}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>