Spacelab 2

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Spacelab 2 was a 1985 Space Shuttle science mission focused on astronomy and microgravity experiments using the European-built Spacelab laboratory module.

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instanceOf Space Shuttle mission
Spacelab mission
space science mission
carriedInstrument Shuttle Student Involvement Program experiments
surface form: Hitchhiker experiments

Infrared Telescope (IRT)
Plasma Diagnostics Package (PDP)
Solar Optical Universal Polarimeter (SOUP)
commander Gordon Fullerton
cooperation European Space Agency
countryOfOperator United States of America
surface form: United States
crewSize 7
focus astronomy experiments
astrophysics
materials science in microgravity
microgravity experiments
plasma physics
solar physics
followedBy Spacelab D1
laboratoryModuleOrigin European Space Agency
landingDate 1985-08-06
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base
launchDate 1985-07-29
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Challenger
missionDuration 7 days 22 hours 45 minutes
missionDurationDays approximately 8 days
missionOutcome success
missionSpecialist Anthony W. England
F. Story Musgrave
Karl G. Henize
missionType dedicated Spacelab science mission
operatedBy NASA
orbitApogee approximately 221 km
orbitInclination 28.5 degrees
orbitPerigee approximately 219 km
orbitPeriod about 89 minutes
partOf NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
payloadSpecialist John-David F. Bartoe
Loren W. Acton
pilot Roy D. Bridges Jr.
precededBy Spacelab 1
spacecraft STS-51-F
sponsor NASA Science Mission Directorate
surface form: NASA Office of Space Science and Applications
usedModule Spacelab laboratory module
usedPayloadBay Space Shuttle orbiter
surface form: Space Shuttle payload bay
usedPressurizedModule Spacelab laboratory module
surface form: Spacelab long module
usedSpacecraft Space Shuttle Challenger
yearOfMission 1985

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Spacelab missions notableMission Spacelab 2