Porter-area historical tornado activity is near Oklahoma state average. It is 167% greater than the overall U.S. average.
The Space Shuttle program, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011, administered by NASA and officially beginning in 1972.
The next shuttle launch was the seventh flight of the Discovery orbiter, which returned to flight on September 29th, 1988. Among other things, the flight delays caused by the Challenger disaster included a delay in the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, in addition to a fleet of classified satellites.