English: NASA in-house documentary about the STS-2 mission, launched on 12 November 1981.

It was the second Space Shuttle mission and flight of the orbiter Columbia. This mission tested the Shuttle Imaging Radar as part of the OSTA-1 payload, along with a wide range of other experiments including the Shuttle robotic arm, commonly known as Canadarm. Other experiments or tests included Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer, Feature Identification and Location Experiment, Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites, Ocean Color Experiment, Night/Day optical Survey of Lightning, Heflex Bioengineering Test, and Aerodynamic Coefficient Identification Package (ACIP).

The mission launched on 12 November 1981 and landed two days later on 14 November on Edwards Air Force Base. STS-2 marked the first time in history that a manned, reusable orbital vehicle returned to space for a second time. This mission tested the Shuttle Imaging Radar as part of the OSTA-1 payload, along with a wide range of other experiments including the Shuttle robotic arm, commonly known as Canadarm.

During the mission, President Reagan called the crew of STS-2 from Mission Control in Houston, Texas while they were in orbit.