STS-51-B
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STS-51-B was the 17th flight of the NASA Space Shuttle program and the seventh flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. The launch of Challenger on April 29, 1985, was delayed by 2 minutes and 18 seconds,
Overmyer, Lind, Van den Berg, and Thornton in Spacelab Module LM1 during flight
Standing: Lind, Wang, Thagard, Thornton and Van den Berg Sitting: Overmyer and GregorySpace Shuttle program← STS-51-D (16)STS-51-G (18) →
Launch of STS-51-B
Overmyer using a treadmill on Challenger's middeck.
STS-51-G
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STS-51-G was the 18th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the fifth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. The seven-day mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 17, 1985, and
STS-51-B
…safety of the crew and the mission. The incident was covered in an Ars Technica article on 22 January 2024. There, John Fabian, mission specialist on STS-51-G, the very next shuttle flight after 51-B, was cited to explain why a lock was recently installed on the door of the side hatch: "It was installed when…
Discovery deploys Morelos-1.
Back: Lucid, Nagel, Fabian, Al Saud and Baudry Front: Brandenstein and CreightonSpace Shuttle program← STS-51-B (17)STS-51-F (19) →
Arabsat-1B deployment