STS-51-B

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STS-51-B was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission focused on Spacelab scientific research in microgravity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
Spacelab mission
commander Robert F. Overmyer NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewNationality American
Chinese-American
Dutch-American
crewSize 7
firsts first Spacelab mission dedicated primarily to microgravity research
first flight of payload specialist Taylor G. Wang
first spaceflight of Frederick D. Gregory
focus astrophysics experiments
fluid physics experiments
life sciences experiments
materials science experiments
scientific research in microgravity
technology demonstrations
followedBy STS-51-G NERFINISHED
landingDate 1985-05-06
landingRunway Runway 17 NERFINISHED
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base NERFINISHED
launchDate 1985-04-29
launchLocation Kennedy Space Center NERFINISHED
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
LC-39A NERFINISHED
missionDuration 7 days 0 hours 8 minutes
missionDurationDays 7
missionSpecialist Don L. Lind NERFINISHED
Norman E. Thagard NERFINISHED
William E. Thornton NERFINISHED
missionType Spacelab science mission
microgravity research
notableEvent conducted over a dozen major Spacelab-3 experiments
included animal and plant research in microgravity
operator NASA
orbitApogee 363 km
orbiter OV-099 NERFINISHED
orbitInclination 28.45 degrees
orbitPerigee 353 km
orbitPeriod 91.9 minutes
orbitsCompleted 110
payload Spacelab-3 NERFINISHED
payloadSpecialist Lodewijk van den Berg NERFINISHED
Taylor G. Wang NERFINISHED
pilot Frederick D. Gregory NERFINISHED
precededBy STS-51-D NERFINISHED
program Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Space Shuttle Challenger NERFINISHED
spacelabModule Spacelab-3 NERFINISHED
spaceShuttle Challenger NERFINISHED
status completed mission
yearOfSpaceflight 1985

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STS-51-G precededBy STS-51-B
OV-099 notableMission STS-51-B