There's a good book on that flight - Into the black by Rowland White. Especially on how the National Reconnaisance Office - NRO used a spy-satellite to image th

There's a good book on that flight - Into the black by Rowland White. Especially on how the National Reconnaisance Office - NRO used a spy-satellite to image the orbiter for damage to its heat tiles. The paperback has more details. Apparently this was set up in advance. Here's an article about it by the same author: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/spysat-and-shuttle-180962872/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/spysat-and...