STS-51-F

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Challenger mission NASA spaceflight Space Shuttle mission

STS-51-F was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission notable for its Spacelab 2 scientific payload and an in-flight main engine shutdown that led to the first use of an Abort to Orbit procedure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Challenger mission ⓘ
NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
abortModeUsed Abort to Orbit ⓘ
achievedOrbit yes ⓘ
commander Gordon Fullerton NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewNationality American ⓘ
crewSize 7 ⓘ
followedBy STS-51-I NERFINISHED ⓘ
inclination 49.5 degrees ⓘ
landingDate 1985-08-06 ⓘ
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchDate 1985-07-29 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
mainEngineShutdownCause fault in one Space Shuttle Main Engine ⓘ
missionDuration 22 hours ⓘ
45 minutes ⓘ
7 days ⓘ
missionNumber 19th Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
8th flight of Challenger ⓘ
missionOutcome success ⓘ
missionPatchFeature Spacelab 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionSpecialist Anthony W. England NERFINISHED ⓘ
F. Story Musgrave NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karl G. Henize NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionType Spacelab science mission ⓘ
notableEvent first use of Abort to Orbit procedure ⓘ
in-flight Space Shuttle Main Engine shutdown ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbiter OV-099 Challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit ⓘ
payloadSpecialist John-David F. Bartoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loren W. Acton NERFINISHED ⓘ
pilot Roy D. Bridges Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy STS-51-G NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryPayload Spacelab 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
program NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
scientificFocus astrophysics ⓘ
life sciences ⓘ
materials science ⓘ
plasma physics ⓘ
solar physics ⓘ
spacecraft Space Shuttle Challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ
spacelabModule Spacelab long module NERFINISHED ⓘ
vehicleType reusable crewed spacecraft ⓘ
year 1985 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

STS-51-G → followedBy → STS-51-F ⓘ
Space Shuttle Challenger → notableMission → STS-51-F ⓘ
Spacelab 2 → spacecraft → STS-51-F ⓘ
OV-099 → notableMission → STS-51-F ⓘ
Gordon Fullerton → spaceMission → STS-51-F ⓘ
F. Story Musgrave → spaceflight → STS-51-F ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-I → precededBy → STS-51-F ⓘ
subject surface form: STS-51-I
STS-51-I → previousMission → STS-51-F ⓘ