STS-51F

Launch: July 29, 1985

Landing: August 6, 1985 Edwards Air Force Base, Cal.

Astronauts: Gordon Fullerton, Roy D. Bridges, Jr., F. Story Musgrave, Anthony W. England, Karl G. Henize, Loren W. Acton and John-David F. Bartoe

Space Shuttle: Challenger

 

Experiments covered life sciences, plasma physics, astronomy, high-energy astrophysics, solar physics, atmospheric physics and technology research. The main payload was Spacelab-2.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: S85-29428

Date: June 1985

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