Joseph P. Allen
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Joseph Percival Allen IV is an American former NASA astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft.
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Allen training for planned STS-5 spacewalk
Allen (standing at right) with the crew of STS-51-A
Allen performing Earth observation on STS-5 in 1982
STS-51-A
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STS-51-A was the 14th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the second flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 8, 1984, and landed just unde
Joseph P. Allen
…Earth in 122 hours before landing on a concrete runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on November 16, 1982. Allen was a mission specialist on STS 51-A, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 8, 1984. He was accompanied by Captain Frederick (Rick) Hauck (spacecraft commander…
Dale A. Gardner poses in front of a camera with a "For Sale" sign in his hand, jokingly referring to the two broken satellites (Palapa B2 and Westar 6) the crew was sent out on EVA to pick up and return to Earth.
Syncom IV-1 after deployment
Dale Gardner retrieves Westar 6.