Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-F
Lockheed Space Operations Company · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Lockheed Space Operations Company's 10th launch · 5th this year · humanity's 2,968th orbital launch attempt
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jul 29, 21:00 – Jul 29, 21:00 UTC
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STS-51-F
STS-51-F was the nineteenth flight of the shuttle program and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It flew in orbit for 8 days performing science in Spacelab 2.
· Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Karl HenizeMission Specialist · NASA
Anthony W. EnglandMission Specialist · NASA
Story MusgraveMission Specialist · NASA
C. Gordon FullertonCommander · NASA
Roy D. Bridges Jr.Pilot · NASA
Loren ActonPayload Specialist · LMT
John-David F. BartoePayload Specialist · USN
Booster
No booster details available.
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Pad — Launch Complex 39A
Local pad time: Jul 29, 5:00 PM EDT
222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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