STS-51-F
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STS-51-F was the 19th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 29, 1985, and landed eight days
Experiments in Challenger's payload bay
Front row (seated): C. Gordon Fullerton, Roy D. Bridges Jr. Back row (standing): Anthony W. England, Karl G. Henize, F. Story Musgrave, Loren W. Acton, John-David F. BartoeSpace Shuttle program← STS-51-G (18)STS-51-I (20) →
Aborted launch attempt at T−3 seconds on July 12, 1985
The control panel of the Shuttle on the STS-51-F mission, showing the selection of the Abort-to-Orbit (ATO) option
Story Musgrave
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Franklin Story Musgrave is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996, he be
STS-51-F
…Landing mass 98,309 kg (216,734 lb) Payload mass 16,309 kg (35,955 lb) Crew Crew size 7 Members C. Gordon Fullerton Roy D. Bridges Jr. Karl G. Henize F. Story Musgrave Anthony W. England Loren W. Acton John-David F. Bartoe Start of mission Launch date 21:00, July 29, 1985 (UTC) (1985-07-29T21:00:00Z) (5:00 pm EDT…
Musgrave in 1979
Musgrave, anchored on the end of the Canadarm, prepares to be elevated to the top of the Hubble Space Telescope to install protective covers on the magnetometers as part of STS-61