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.
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
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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
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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
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LC-39A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 7 days 0 hours 8 minutes ⓘ |
| missionDurationDays | 7 ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Don L. Lind
NERFINISHED
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Norman E. Thagard NERFINISHED ⓘ William E. Thornton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
Spacelab science mission
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microgravity research ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
conducted over a dozen major Spacelab-3 experiments
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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
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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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