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Space Shuttle Challenger (2,232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Challenger broke up 73 seconds after liftoff, killing the seven-member crew of STS-51-L that included Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first teacher

1985 in spaceflight (402 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J made from October 3 to 7, 1985. Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".

List of human spaceflights, 1981–1990 (141 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dale A. Gardner (2) Joseph P. Allen (2) 8 November 1984 STS-51-A, Discovery 16 November 1984 STS-51-A, Discovery Deployed two communications satellites.

Karol J. Bobko (1,399 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

three different space shuttles across three different missions: STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J. Colonel Bobko was born on December 23, 1937, in Queens, New York

Payload specialist (1,723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"and I were the obvious subjects" for Rhea Seddon's echocardiograph on STS-51-D. "We really didn't have much of a choice in whether we were going to be

List of United States Marine Corps astronauts (674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35) Robert F. Overmyer (STS-5, STS-51-B) F. Story Musgrave (STS-6, STS-51-F, STS-33, STS-44, STS-61, STS-80 - former enlisted Marine

Ellison Onizuka (2,201 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Discovery on STS-51-C. He died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, on which he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. Onizuka

Christa McAuliffe (3,742 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Concord, New Hampshire who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload specialist. McAuliffe received her

Shannon Lucid (5,789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

class of astronauts to include women. She flew in space five times: on STS-51-G, STS-34, STS-43, STS-58, and her mission to Mir, for which Lucid traveled

NASA Astronaut Group 8 (7,709 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

space: Anna Fisher (November 8, 1984, STS-51-A) First Asian-American in space: Ellison Onizuka (January 24, 1985, STS-51-C) First African-American to pilot

Teacher in Space Project (1,406 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

participant, Christa McAuliffe, in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L) on January 28, 1986. NASA replaced Teachers in Space in 1998 with the

NASA Astronaut Group 9 (2,512 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

astronaut spouse selected as an astronaut: William Fisher (August 27, 1985, STS-51-I; married to Anna Fisher, Group 8 astronaut) In addition, Chang-Diaz and

Space Shuttle Atlantis (4,019 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J made from October 3 to 7, 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final

Robert F. Overmyer (1,413 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Shuttle program and flew as pilot on STS-5 in 1982 and as commander on STS-51-B in 1985. He was selected as a lead investigator into the Space Shuttle

Timeline of the STS-51-L mission (1,172 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The STS-51-L mission started with the ignition of Challenger's main engines until the remote destruction of the two Solid rocket boosters (SRBs), and includes

List of people from Colorado (9,637 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on STS-51-F Jeffrey Ashby (born 1954) – pilot of STS-93 and STS-100; commander of STS-112 Patrick Baudry (born 1946) – payload specialist on STS-51-G John

Ronald McNair (2,474 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

age of 35 during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, in which he was serving as one of three mission specialists in a crew

Gregory Jarvis (853 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

January 28, 1986 destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as payload specialist for Hughes Aircraft. Jarvis

Dick Scobee (1,167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1986, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission. Scobee held a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering

Rhea Seddon (4,446 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1978, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as a mission specialist on STS-51-D and STS-40, and as a payload commander for STS-58, accumulating over 722

Congressional Space Medal of Honor (924 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

23, 2004 George W. Bush STS-51-L (died aboard Challenger) Michael J. Smith* (1945–1986) July 23, 2004 George W. Bush STS-51-L (died aboard Challenger)

Don Lind (2,677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flown on Skylab Rescue. Lind was the payload commander on his only flight, STS-51-B, launched April 29, 1985. He designed an experiment to capture the Earth's

Congressional Space Medal of Honor (924 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

23, 2004 George W. Bush STS-51-L (died aboard Challenger) Michael J. Smith* (1945–1986) July 23, 2004 George W. Bush STS-51-L (died aboard Challenger)

Story Musgrave (2,618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

STS-36, STS-38 and STS-41. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 (1983), STS-51-F/Spacelab-2 (1985), STS-33 (1989), STS-44 (1991), and STS-80 (1996); and

Jake Garn (1,780 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Space Shuttle Discovery as a payload specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D (April 12–19, 1985). Prior to his time in Congress, he served as the mayor

Patrick Baudry (574 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

after Jean-Loup Chrétien, when he flew aboard NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-51-G. Baudry was born in Douala (French Cameroon) and is married with three

Anna Lee Fisher (6,160 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kennedy Space Center. She flew in space on the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-51-A mission in November 1984, during which she used the Canadarm to retrieve

Michael J. Smith (949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the STS-51-L mission, breaking up 73 seconds into the flight, and at an altitude of

Syncom (2,187 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

successfully on November 8, 1984 aboard STS-51-A. This was followed on April 12, 1985 by Leasat F3 on STS-51-D. F3's launch was declared a failure when

Ken Mattingly (2,695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

States Navy, and astronaut who flew on Apollo 16 and Space Shuttle STS-4 and STS-51-C missions. Mattingly was scheduled to fly on the Apollo 13 mission, but

S. David Griggs (763 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

extra-vehicular activity of the space program during Space Shuttle mission STS-51-D. Griggs was killed when the vintage World War II-era training aircraft

Taylor Wang (1,387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Wang was a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-B. With ancestry in Yancheng, Jiangsu, Republic of China, Wang was born

Soyuz T-13 (837 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Space Shuttle missions around this time: STS-51-G (launched in June 1985) STS-51-F (July-August 1985) STS-51-I (August-September 1985) Russianspaceweb

TDRS-B (458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

re-manifested on STS-51-E; however, this too was cancelled due to concerns over the reliability of the IUS. It was eventually assigned to STS-51-L, which was

Orbital Maneuvering System (742 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

heavy payloads such as Chandra (STS-93). An OMS dump burn also occurred on STS-51-F, as part of the Abort to Orbit procedure. The OMS consists of two pods

William A. Pailes (405 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Engineer Program during the mid-1980s. He served as a payload specialist on STS-51-J Atlantis (October 3–7, 1985). Pailes was born in Hackensack, New Jersey

Frederick Hauck (1,940 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle mission STS-7 and commanded STS-51-A and STS-26. He was born April 11, 1941, in Long Beach, California, but

John M. Lounge (1,039 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lounge logged over 482 hours in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-51-I (1985) and STS-26 (1988) and was the flight engineer on STS-35 (1990)

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (11,674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

involving an American spacecraft while in flight. The mission, designated STS-51-L, was the 10th flight for the orbiter and the 25th flight of the Space

Gary Payton (astronaut) (535 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

American astronaut and USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer. Payton flew on the STS-51-C mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1985. He later served

Challenger flag (913 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that was placed in the flight kit of Space Shuttle Challenger for mission STS-51-L. The flag was sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 514 of Monument, Colorado,

Joseph P. Allen (1,232 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Base, California, on November 16, 1982. Allen was a mission specialist on STS 51-A, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 8, 1984

Karl Gordon Henize (1,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Skylab 2, 3, and 4. As a mission specialist on the Spacelab-2 mission (STS-51-F), he flew on Space Shuttle Challenger in July/August 1985. He was awarded

Anthony W. England (1,189 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flew during the Space Shuttle program, serving as a mission specialist on STS-51-F in 1985. He has logged more than 4,000 hours of flying time and 188 hours

Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (2,067 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

prince and former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the American STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist. He is the first member

Inertial Upper Stage (1,246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1985-01-24 Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-51-C) USA-8 (Magnum) Classified DoD payload 12 1985-10-03 Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-51-J) USA-11/12 (DSCS) DoD payload

Loren Acton (571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

March 1936) is an American physicist who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist for the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory

1984 in spaceflight (390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

satellites were subsequently retrieved by Space Shuttle Discovery during mission STS-51-A in November and were returned to Earth for refurbishment. Westar 6 was

Defense Satellite Communications System (789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

satellites were launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1985 during the STS-51-J flight. As of 14 September 2021, six DSCS-III satellites were still operational

James Buchli (920 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

10 hours, 25 minutes, 32 seconds. He served as a mission specialist on STS-51-C, STS-61-A, STS-29, and STS-48. From March 1989 till May 1992 he also served

Judith Resnik (5,119 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

duties included operating its robotic arm. Her second Shuttle mission was STS-51-L in January 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger. She died when the orbiter

List of Space Shuttle rollbacks (93 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

engine (SSME) #3 replaced after a launch abort. 3 1985-03-05 Challenger STS-51-E STS-51-B Payload Challenger was rolled back from Pad 39A due to a timing problem

John-David F. Bartoe (324 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

civilian employee of the US Navy, he flew aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist. Prior to his present position, Bartoe was Director

David C. Hilmers (1,138 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

communicator (CAPCOM) at Mission Control for STS-41-D, STS-41-G, STS-51-A, STS-51-C and STS-51-D, worked Space Station issues for the Astronaut Office, and

William E. Thornton (1,306 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in medicine, also from UNC. He flew on Challenger twice, the STS-8 and STS-51-B missions. William Edgar Thornton was born on April 14, 1929. He attended

NASA Astronaut Group 7 (1,533 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Challenger in April 1983; as commander of STS-51-D in the Space Shuttle Discovery in April 1985; and as commander of STS-51-J, the maiden flight of the Space

NASA Astronaut Group 6 (2,833 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mission specialist on the STS-5 Columbia mission in November 1982 and the STS-51-A Discovery in November 1984. He logged a total of 314 hours in space. He

Richard O. Covey (1,290 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Covey became an astronaut in August 1979. A veteran of four space flights, STS-51-I in 1985, STS-26 in 1988, STS-38 in 1990, and STS-61 in 1993, Covey has

Spacelab (2,950 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

exposed to outer space in the payload bay. IPS missions: Spacelab 2, a.k.a. STS-51-F launched 1985 Astro-1, a.k.a. STS-35 launched in 1990 Astro-2, a.k.a.

List of African-American astronauts (521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster STS-41-B (February 3, 1984) STS-51-L (January 28, 1986) 3 Frederick D. Gregory January 7, 1941 First African

Space adaptation syndrome (2,200 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

recorded was that felt by Senator Jake Garn in 1985 on Space Shuttle flight STS-51-D. NASA later jokingly began using the informal "Garn scale" to measure

James van Hoften (1,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

preparations. He served as a mission specialist on STS-41-C in 1984, and STS-51-I in 1985. Dr. Van Hoften has logged a total 338 hours in space, including

Spaceflight participant (1,476 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Refs. Charles Walker STS-41-D STS-51-D STS-61-B 19d 21h 56m MDAC Robert Cenker STS-61-C 6d 02h 03m RCA Gregory Jarvis STS-51-L Died at launch. HACES Toyohiro

Arabsat-1B (293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

years. Arabsat-1B was launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-51-G. Discovery was launched from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 11:33:00

Dale Gardner (1,254 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flew as a mission specialist on STS-8 (August 30 to September 5, 1983) and STS-51-A (November 8–16, 1984). Gardner logged a total of 337 hours in space and

Rogers Commission Report (4,367 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during its 10th mission, STS-51-L. The report, released and submitted to President Ronald Reagan on June

William Frederick Fisher (1,158 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Fisher was a mission specialist on STS-51-I, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 27, 1985. STS-51-I was acknowledged as the most

1986 in science (800 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

technology. January 28 Crew of United States Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L: Greg Jarvis (b. 1944) Christa McAuliffe (b. 1948) Ronald McNair (b. 1950)

Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program (1,946 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Terry A. Higbee Daryl J. Joseph Malcolm W. Lydon Gary E. Payton (flew on STS-51-C, 1985) Jerry J. Rij Paul A. Sefchek Eric E. Sundberg David M. Vidrine

Barbara Morgan (1,886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Space Project as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. In 1998, eight years after the

Oahu (1,602 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

professional wrestler Jamie O'Brien, surfer Ellison Onizuka, NASA astronaut, STS-51-C, STS-51-L, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster Noelani Pantastico, ballet dancer

Educator Astronaut Project (459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

teacher-astronaut Christa McAuliffe in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L) amid concerns about the risk of sending civilians into space. In the

Magnum (satellite) (438 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

were launched from Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) during the missions STS-51-C in 1985 and STS-33 in 1989. The satellites reportedly have a mass of 2

Robert L. Stewart (1,082 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

CAPCOM for STS-5. He served as a mission specialist on STS-41-B in 1984 and STS-51-J in 1985, and logged a total of 289 hours in space, including approximately

Norman Thagard (1,482 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

logged over 140 days in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-7 in 1983, STS-51-B in 1985, STS-30 in 1989, was the payload commander on STS-42 in 1992,

List of Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flights (773 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

KSC 17 STS-51-B 905 Challenger (OV-099) 2 10/05/1985 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field 11/05/1985 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC 18 STS-51-G 905 Discovery

C. Gordon Fullerton (1,265 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

AFB was wet due to heavy seasonal rains. Fullerton was commander of the STS-51-F "Spacelab 2" mission, launched from Kennedy Space Center on July 29, 1985

Jeffrey A. Hoffman (1,672 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

International Space Station and teaches courses on space operations and design. STS 51-D (April 12–19, 1985) STS-35 (December 2–10, 1990) STS-46 (July 31 – August

Daniel Brandenstein (1,249 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A veteran of four space flights—STS-8 (August 30 – September 3, 1983), STS-51-G (June 17–24, 1985), STS-32 (January 9–20, 1990), and STS-49 (May 7–16

Loren Shriver (596 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mission for the Space Shuttle, but the mission was cancelled. He was pilot of STS-51-C, launched from Kennedy Space Center on January 24, 1985. He commanded

Abdulmohsen Al-Bassam (177 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

back-up payload specialist for Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on STS-51-G. He was born on December 12, 1948, in Unayzah, Saudi Arabia. He graduated

Jerry L. Ross (1,810 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

for STS 41-B, STS 41-C and STS 51-A; spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) during STS 41-B, STS 41-C, STS 41-D, STS 51-A and STS 51-D; Chief of the Mission Support

Gregory J. Harbaugh (1,066 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

operations from Mission Control for most of the flights from STS-1 through STS-51-L. He served as Lead Data Processing Systems (DPS) Officer for STS-9 (Spacelab-1)

John Oliver Creighton (873 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

resuming full-time training for his next command. Creighton served as pilot on STS-51-G (June 17–24, 1985), was spacecraft commander on STS-36 (February 28 to

Salyut 7 (film) (1,551 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

fly on STS-51-G; instead, fellow French astronaut Patrick Baudry was onboard. The only launch of Challenger concurrent to Soyuz T-13 was STS-51-F, launched

1986 in spaceflight (248 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spaceflight Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates during the launch of STS-51-L, killing all seven astronauts National firsts Satellite Sweden Rockets

Donald E. Williams (939 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Office. Williams served as pilot on STS-51-D in 1985, and was the spacecraft commander on STS-34 in 1989. STS-51-D Discovery (April 12–19, 1985) was launched

Telstar 303 (318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

communications satellite launched from Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-51-G on 17 June 1985. Owned by AT&T and operated by Loral Skynet Hughes Communications

List of United States Air Force Academy alumni (4,480 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Notability References Karol J. Bobko 1959 Pilot of STS-6; commanded STS-51-D and STS-51-J; only astronaut to have flown on the maiden flight of two Space

ACTS (261 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(ACTS), a satellite launched in 1993 by Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-51 American Christian Television System, a defunct television network run by

List of Arab astronauts (1,147 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, the first Arab astronaut who flew on STS-51-G aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1985

Dehner Company (157 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spaceflight from Project Mercury through the space shuttle program. After STS-51-L Challenger, NASA, in need of an escape system, required the reintroduction

List of women astronauts (1,151 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

woman in space. Died in the Challenger disaster. STS-41-D (Aug. 30, 1984) STS-51-L (Jan. 28, 1986) 5 Kathryn D. Sullivan Oct. 3, 1951 United States Second

Ronald J. Grabe (997 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Astronaut Office. A veteran of four space flights, Grabe served as pilot on STS-51-J (October 3–7, 1985) and STS-30 (May 4–8, 1989), and was the mission commander

David M. Walker (astronaut) (1,249 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

spaceflights, Walker logged nearly 725 hours in space. He was the pilot on STS-51-A in 1984, and was the commander of STS-30 in 1989, STS-53 in 1992 and STS-69

List of Asian astronauts (211 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Onizuka. STS-51-B (April 29, 1985) 5 Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud June 27, 1956 Saudi Arabia First Saudi and first Arab in space. STS-51-G (June

Joe Engle (2,526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

until Raja Chari in 2021 on SpaceX Crew-3. He was also mission commander on STS-51-I and logged over 225 hours in space. Engle was one of two people to have

Morelos Satellite System (527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Corporation HS-376, was launched by the U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery (mission STS-51-G) on 17 June 1985 and entered geostationary orbit at 113° W on 17 December

List of Purdue University alumni (6,073 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Blaha – STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79, STS-81 Roy D. Bridges – STS-51-F Mark N. Brown – STS-28, STS-48 John H. Casper – STS-36, STS-54, STS-62

List of Muslim astronauts (206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(launch date) Insignia Description Saudi Arabia Sultan bin Salman Al Saud STS-51-G (June 17, 1985) First Muslim, first Saudi, first Arab, first member of

Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (7,953 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were recovered – those from STS-4 (due to a parachute malfunction) and STS-51-L (terminated by the range during the Challenger disaster). Over 5,000 parts

Religion in space (1,912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Several members of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy mission STS-51-L were people of faith. Among them were Commander Dick Scobee and Pilot

List of European astronauts (664 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

TM-5 Patrick Baudry, second Frenchman in space, born in Douala, Cameroon — STS-51-G Ivan Bella, first Slovak in space — Soyuz TM-29/28 Maurizio Cheli, EAC

Saudi Space Agency (305 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1985 as a Payload Specialist on STS 51-G. In 2022, the SSA partnered with American private spaceflight company

James S. Voss (1,776 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as a Vehicle Integration Test Engineer supporting the STS-51-D, STS-51-F, STS-61-C, and STS-51-L missions. After the Challenger accident, Voss participated

List of TDRS satellites (456 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2010. TDRS-B N/A 28 January 1986 16:38:00 Space Shuttle Challenger/IUS (STS-51-L) Kennedy, LC-39B N/A Destroyed 28 January 1986 16:39:13 Launch failure

Optus (satellite) (2,506 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Aussat 1 was deployed by Space Shuttle Discovery during the first day of the STS-51-I mission. Operational Locations: 156° east (1985–1993), 164° east (1993–1999)

Seaford, New York (2,135 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

voyage of the Discovery (mission STS-51-D) in April 1985, and commander of the maiden voyage of the Atlantis (mission STS-51-J) in October 1985. Moved to

Challenger: The Final Flight (280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Shuttle flying. 3 "A Major Malfunction" September 16, 2020 (2020-09-16) STS-51-L is plagued with scrubbed launches due to unfavorable weather and equipment

List of Eagle Scouts (9,363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

first Return to Space flight and flew shuttle missions STS-26, STS-38, STS-51-I, STS-61 [a] Steven Cozza 2000 Co-founder of the advocacy group Scouting

Spaceport (2,315 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

missions were uncrewed and are not counted (Soyuz 2, Soyuz 20, Soyuz 34). ‡ STS-51-L (Challenger) failed to reach orbit and is not counted. STS-107 (Columbia)

John M. Fabian (1,453 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

recapture the SPAS-01 satellite. On his second mission, Fabian flew on STS-51-G which launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 17, 1985

Lodewijk van den Berg (1,512 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Vapor Crystal Growth System Furnace experiment of STS-51-B

Launch Entry Suit (967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

With the termination of the test flight program, all flights from STS-5 to STS-51-L (the Challenger disaster) saw the crew wearing one-piece light blue flight

Meanings of minor-planet names: 3001–4000 (420 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1980 PJ Dick Scobee (1939–1986), STS-51-L crew member MPC · 3350 3351 Smith 1980 RN1 Michael J. Smith (1945–1986), STS-51-L crew member MPC · 3351 3352 McAuliffe

Westar (914 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

inoperable low Earth orbit. It was retrieved on November 16, 1984, by the STS-51-A mission of NASA's Space Shuttle, where it was brought back to earth. It

Charles D. Walker (1,473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

41-D would be his only flight, he also accompanied the CFES equipment on STS-51-D, and STS-61-B, accumulating 20 days of experience in space and traveling

Roy D. Bridges Jr. (965 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

served as a NASA astronaut, piloting the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-F (July 29 to August 6, 1985). Bridges became the Director of NASA's Langley

Steven R. Nagel (1,329 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

duties as a Research Pilot. Nagel was a veteran of four space flights (STS-51-G and STS-61-A in 1985, STS-37 in 1991, and STS-55 in 1993) as described

McAuliffe (surname) (332 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Australian actor Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986), American teacher and astronaut (STS-51-L; perished during the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster) Dick McAuliffe

Dianne K. Prinz (1,456 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Laboratory. She trained as an astronaut, and was mission communicator for STS-51-F. Dianne Kasnic was born in Economy, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joseph

NASA Astronaut Group 5 (3,936 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commander of the STS-2 mission in the Columbia in November 1981 and the STS-51-I mission in the Space Shuttle Discovery in August 1985. He served as Deputy

Jay Greene (1,987 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

final mission as lead Flight Director was on STS-51-L. Greene was not originally assigned to work the STS-51-L mission, which was scheduled to launch a

Blue Origin NS-23 (1,303 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

determined, and actions to address the cause. Soyuz 18a Soyuz T-10a STS-51-F STS-51-L Soyuz MS-10 Foust, Jeff (2022-09-12). "New Shepard suffers in-flight

Space Cola Wars (1,031 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the so-called "Cola Wars". The competition began in 1985 during the STS-51-F Space Shuttle mission, when astronauts tested specially designed soda

Tang (drink mix) (1,133 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

companies sent specially designed canned drinks into space with the crew of STS-51-F, the crew preferred to use Tang, as it could be mixed into existing water

Mary Helen Johnston (1,241 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1983, she was selected as one of the four payload specialists for the STS-51-B Spacelab mission (Spacelab-3 group) as part of the reserve crew, not flying

Satcom (satellite) (612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

called Aurora 1, still on 105.2'W (2006)[1] Satcom 4R Hughes 8 November 1984 STS-51-A (Discovery) 1984-113B Launched as Anik D2, purchased in orbit Satcom C1

IRT (151 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

test for cystic fibrosis Infrared thermography Infrared Telescope, on the STS-51-F Space Shuttle mission Item response theory, to interpret psychometric

IRT (151 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

test for cystic fibrosis Infrared thermography Infrared Telescope, on the STS-51-F Space Shuttle mission Item response theory, to interpret psychometric

List of ISRO missions (498 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

X-ray payload was flown aboard Aryabhatta, the first Indian satellite. The STS-51-B Space Shuttle Challenger mission consisted of Anuradha, an Indian Cosmic

Westar 1 (558 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was launched in 1984 but failed to reach orbit and was retrieved by the STS-51-A Space Shuttle mission later that year. It was later refurbished and relaunched

1990 in spaceflight (846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and was recovered in November 1984 by Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-51-A. Westar 6 was refurbished and sold to AsiaSat who renamed it AsiaSat 1

List of Apollo astronauts (3,960 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

places with his backup and flew on Apollo 16. He also flew on STS-4 and STS-51-C John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr. – Flew as Mattingly's backup on Apollo 13.

TDRS-3 (555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

NASA did not want to reuse the designation which had been intended for the STS-51-L payload. It was briefly placed at a longitude 151° West of the Greenwich

Wright Flyer (5,961 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

astronaut Michael Smith aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, which was destroyed soon after liftoff. The portions of wood and fabric

Extravehicular Mobility Unit (1,521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

repair mission), STS-41-G (the first American EVA involving a woman), and STS-51-A (where two stranded satellites were retrieved and returned to Earth),

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Challenger disaster that occurred 73 seconds after lift-off on mission STS-51-L, on January 28, 1986, and the subsequent halt of the Space Shuttle program

Mohawk, Herkimer County, New York (1,208 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as Payload Specialist. The local middle school,

The Dream Is Alive (690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility upon the conclusion of STS-51-A. A composite shot, the finished sequence is composed of footage from Discovery's

Monkeys and apes in space (2,469 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

He died within a day of landing. Spacelab 3 on the Space Shuttle flight STS-51-B featured two squirrel monkeys named No. 3165 and No. 384-80. The flight

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B (1,372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Challenger would become the first to launch from pad 39B during the ill-fated STS-51-L mission, which ended with the destruction of Challenger and the death

Timeline of space travel by nationality (1,605 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Canada Marc Garneau STS-41-G 5 October 1984 16 Saudi Arabia Sultan al-Saud STS-51-G 17 June 1985 17 Netherlands Wubbo Ockels STS-61-A 30 October 1985 18

Flight controller (1,948 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

would reveal the true nature of the issue. During Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F, a main engine failed during ascent to orbit. Subsequently, indications

List of first satellites by country (564 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Space Shuttle Discovery Kennedy 17 June 1985 Deployed using PAM-D during STS-51-G Sweden Viking SSC Boeing/ Saab Ariane 1 Kourou 22 February 1986 Israel

Arab Satellite Communications Organization (1,773 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was deployed in June 1985, from the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-51-G, and placed into service near 26.0° east, and remained in operation until

List of NASA missions (3,953 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

crew: Apollo 1 (which never launched) in 1967 lost three crew members, STS-51-L (the Challenger disaster) in 1986, and STS-107 (the Columbia disaster)

Manned Maneuvering Unit (1,279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

work increased the lifespan of the satellite. The final MMU mission was STS-51-A, which flew in November 1984. The propulsion unit was used to retrieve

Wubbo Ockels (1,221 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

preceded by the naturalized American Lodewijk van den Berg, who flew on STS-51-B. Having served his role as back-up payload specialist for German astronaut

Spartan Halley (432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Deployable). It was one of the payloads of the Space Shuttle Challenger for the STS-51-L mission, which exploded during launch. The principal scientist for the

1986 in the United States (9,352 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

46–10 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. January 28 STS-51-L: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing

Royal Saudi Air Force Museum (360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

served as a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery during mission STS-51-G. Aircraft on display include:[citation needed] BAC Lightning F53 Bell

Flight suit (1,899 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

attire during spaceflight, such as shorts and polo shirts. From STS-5 to STS-51-L, crews wore light blue flight suits and an oxygen helmet during launch/reentry

Rocco Petrone (1,102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

On the morning that the Space Shuttle Challenger was due to launch on STS-51-L, Petrone and several of his colleagues were alarmed at the massive amount

Yang Liwei (1,603 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

origin in space. Shanghai-born Taylor Wang flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-B in 1985. Wang, however, had become a United States citizen in 1975. Taylor

Halley's Comet (11,148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Space Shuttle missions—STS-51-L and STS-61-E—had been scheduled to observe Halley's Comet from low Earth orbit. The STS-51-L mission carried the Shuttle-Pointed

Unaizah (2,617 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

back-up payload specialist for Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on STS-51-G. Nassir Al-Salloum, Minister of Transportation Dawood Alsulaim, pilot

Frederick D. Gregory (1,666 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Space career NASA astronaut Rank Colonel, USAF Time in space 18d 23h 4m Selection NASA Group 8 (1978) Missions STS-51-B STS-33 STS-44 Mission insignia

Space Mirror Memorial (1,874 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff on mission STS-51-L due to a defect in one of the solid rocket boosters. All seven crew members—Francis

January 28 (5,418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief. 1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing

Vance D. Brand (2,164 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kennedy Space Center on February 11, 1984. Brand was training initially for STS-51-H on Atlantis in November 1985. That mission was canceled and re-manifested

June 17 (5,302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

campaign to subvert the democratic process. 1985 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin

Henry Hartsfield (1,737 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Challenger, as it was destroyed during the launch of its next mission, STS-51-L. With the completion of this flight, Hartsfield had logged 483 hours in

October 3 (4,868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight, carrying two DSCS-III Satellites on STS-51-J. 1986 – TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories

Tracking and data relay satellite (1,402 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

satellite was destroyed along with Challenger shortly after launch during the STS-51-L mission in January 1986. The next five TRW-built TDRSS satellites were

1985 (3,879 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ireland, on a Montreal–London–Delhi flight, killing all 329 aboard. June 24 – STS-51-G: Space Shuttle Discovery completes its mission, best remembered for having

Lake City, South Carolina (1,345 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

astronauts killed during the launch of the space shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L Darla Moore (b. 1954), investor and philanthropist studio, {e} house.

American Satellite Corporation (740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ASC-1 satellite which was launched via NASA space shuttle Discovery mission STS-51-I on August 27, 1985. The satellite has 18 C-band and 6 Ku-band transponders

Movement in Still Life (804 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"Satellite" contains excerpts from the crew of NASA space shuttle mission STS-51-A during their post-mission press conference. BT – all other vocals, instruments

Concord High School (New Hampshire) (1,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Christa McAuliffe, teacher who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L) Fanny E. Minot (1847-1919), valedictorian, 1865; national president,

Women in space (7,936 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

specialist Christa McAuliffe, along with mission specialist Judith Resnik of STS-51-L died when their Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986

American Satellite Corporation (740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ASC-1 satellite which was launched via NASA space shuttle Discovery mission STS-51-I on August 27, 1985. The satellite has 18 C-band and 6 Ku-band transponders

Skylab Rescue (1,591 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lind would wait another decade before he flew as a mission specialist on STS-51-B in 1985. Skylab Rescue hardware in now on display at the Kennedy Space

List of Asian Americans (12,659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

first Japanese American in space. Died on the Challenger. STS-51-C (January 24, 1985) STS-51-L (January 28, 1986) 2 Taylor Gun-Jin Wang June 16, 1940 Republic

List of astronauts by year of selection (11,462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Chrétien flew with Soviets to Salyut 7 in 1982, and Baudry on Space Shuttle STS-51-G flight in 1985. Chrétien would later fly to the Space Station Mir and

National FFA Organization (3,618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

astronaut, who successfully flew into space with Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C. Died in the destruction of Space Shuttle Challenger Rebecca Podio, Miss

August 27 (5,776 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

General Ibrahim Babangida. 1985 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-51-I to deploy three communication satellites and repair a fourth malfunctioning

Rock Island High School (1,587 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

astronaut who flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery as a part of mission STS-51-C. Chasson Randle, a professional basketball player and former college basketball

Jean-Loup Chrétien (1,444 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Astronaut Office. Chrétien was selected as the back-up crew member for STS-51-G (Patrick Baudry, another CNES astronaut, flew on that mission). During

Jim McMahon (5,274 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

two days after the Bears won the game, the crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-51-L were killed in the explosion of their craft, Shuttle Challenger, and the

List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni (8,690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

M.S., PhD – Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences 1965, 1965, 1970 STS-51-F Michael Fincke Double Major: B.S. – Aeronautics/Astronautics B.S. – Earth

Challenger Columbia Stadium (674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Crew of STS-51-L (Challenger disaster)

Getaway Special (1,362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Shuttle Flight) 1982 2(STS-4/5) 1983 14(STS-6/7/8) 1984 23(STS-41B/G) 1985 12(STS-51-D/B/G/61-A/B) 1986 12(STS-61-C) 1987 0 1988 0 1989 2(STS-28/34) 1990 0 1991

Susan Kilrain (1,282 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with Dick Scobee, who one year later died as commander of the Challenger STS-51-L. Scobee advised that she should join the military as a pilot if she wanted

Space Shuttle Endeavour (4,633 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Morgan was the backup for Christa McAuliffe who was on the ill-fated mission STS-51-L in 1986. As it was constructed later than its elder sisters, Endeavour

Salman of Saudi Arabia (7,599 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to fly to outer space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-51-G) in June 1985. Sultan bin Salman is currently the chairman of the Saudi

Space Shuttle Columbia (4,691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Representatives to venture into space, Bill Nelson. The next shuttle mission, STS-51-L, was undertaken by Challenger. It was launched on January 28, 1986, ten

David Leestma (1,235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

his first flight, Leestma served as a capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for STS-51-C through STS-61-A. He was then assigned as the Chief, Mission Development

David Eccles School of Business (1,554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ken Garff Corporation Jake Garn, U.S. Senator, Space Shuttle astronaut on STS-51-D Pierre Lassonde, former president of Newmont Mining Corporation and chairman

3350 Scobee (783 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and 3356 Resnik were named for the other crew members of the ill-fated STS-51-L mission. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet

Miami Edison Senior High School (1,905 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

legislator Thomas Mattingly - astronaut, flew on Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS 51-C John Mica - Congressman Tangi Miller - actress on Felicity, Tyler Perry's

Project POSTAR (506 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission STS-51-L on January 28, 1986. This action meant that Project POSTAR might not ever

WISPR (1,040 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

into the line-of-sight of the telescope corrupting data. This was on the STS-51-F in the year 1985. Another case was in the 2010s on the Gaia spacecraft

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (4,044 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Challenger would become the first to launch from pad 39B during the ill-fated STS-51-L mission. During the launch of Discovery on STS-124 on May 31, 2008, the

Great Observatories program (3,579 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

duration [free-flyer] SIRTF mission". The 1985 Spacelab-2 flight aboard STS-51-F confirmed the Shuttle environment was not well suited to an onboard infrared

List of United States Air Force personnel (6,511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Greenberg – Major League Baseball player Frederick D. Gregory – Astronaut (STS-51-B, STS-33, STS-44) John Howard Griffin – Journalist and author best known

University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (1,233 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L Robin Yanhong Li, billionaire and founder of Baidu, the largest search

3352 McAuliffe (1,126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and 3356 Resnik were named for the other crew members of the ill-fated STS-51-L mission. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet

List of crewed spacecraft (4,177 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

accidentally destroyed resulting in the deaths of 14 astronauts during missions STS-51-L and STS-107. United States single pilot, air-launched sub-orbital spaceplane;

Robert Crippen (2,898 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Challenger crew for their families. Crippen was also a part of the STS-51-L Interim Mishap Review Board to examine the cause of the Challenger accident

Gene Kranz (4,087 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Control during the January 28, 1986, loss of Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-51-L launch. He retired from NASA in 1994 after the successful STS-61 flight

University of Maryland, College Park (8,175 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission STS-51-L; and NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin. Several donors have distinguished

Richard Garriott (4,269 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Challenger Shuttle Commander Dick Scobee, who piloted the ill-fated STS-51-L mission. Scobee Rodgers drew on Garriott's early leadership in gaming

Satmex (1,120 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

site NSSDC-ID GEO position Notes Morelos 1 Hughes 17/6/1985 Discovery (STS-51-G) KSC 1985-048B 113 W Decommissioned Morelos 2 Hughes 27/11/1985 Atlantis

Space food (5,356 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

vomiting called "wet burping". Coca-Cola and Pepsi were first carried on STS-51-F in 1985. Coca-Cola has flown on subsequent missions in a specially designed

Patricia S. Cowings (819 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

24 bodily responses in six hours. Her work was first tested in 1985 for (STS 51-b & STS 51c) Spacelab-3 and the first DOD shuttle mission. She tested her

Spitzer Space Telescope (5,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

beginning approximately one year later. However, the Spacelab-2 flight aboard STS-51-F showed that the Shuttle environment was poorly suited to an onboard infrared

The Graduate School at Montana State University (1,661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Acton – Research Professor, Department of Physics; Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-F mission astronaut John "Jack" Horner – Regents Professor of Paleontology;

Saturn V (9,736 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2009. "Challenger STS 51-L Accident January 28, 1986". history.nasa.gov. NASA. Archived from the

Utah (18,033 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jake Garn (top-right), former Senator of Utah (1974–1993), and astronaut on Space Shuttle flight STS-51-D

Super Bowl XX (6,056 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger shortly after launch on the STS 51-L mission two days later, an event which caused the cancellation of the

1986 (8,578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Idi Amin's 1971 coup. January 28 – Space Shuttle Challenger disaster – STS-51-L: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch from the

Chatter Telephone (832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Activity Center to NASA for Senator Jake Garn to play with while on the STS-51-D space shuttle mission. This offer was rejected as NASA felt there was

USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716) (1,732 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

STS-51-L debris aboard the USCG cutter Dallas

Michael D. Reynolds (1,106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to watch teacher Christa McAuliffe and six other crew members of mission STS-51-L be killed in what was later called the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

Arlington National Cemetery (14,051 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Memorial was dedicated on May 20, 1986, in memory of the crew of flight STS-51-L, who died during launch on January 28, 1986. Transcribed on the back of

Michael D. Reynolds (1,106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to watch teacher Christa McAuliffe and six other crew members of mission STS-51-L be killed in what was later called the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

Kinnelon High School (4,038 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

school pennant into space aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-51-J in 1985. Elise Testone (born 1983), singer and American Idol contestant

Space tourism (8,268 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

did not pay a fee), apparently due to her non-technical duties aboard the STS-51-L flight. The US Federal Aviation Administration awards the title of "commercial

6555th Aerospace Test Group (14,670 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Satellite Business Systems' SBS-D) and a solar array experiment (OAST-1). STS-51-A OV-103 Discovery (8–16 November 1984) Mission 51-A was Discovery's second

Skynet (satellite) (5,931 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

of each Shuttle Crew. However, following the 1986 Challenger disaster (STS 51-L), the programme slowed and all the Skynet 4 series satellites had to be

Coelophysis (6,931 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

well. Coelophysis was the second dinosaur in space, following Maiasaura (STS-51-F). A Coelophysis skull from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History was

Roger Boisjoly (1,881 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

asked if there were objections. Hearing none, NASA decided to launch the STS-51-L Challenger mission. Historians have noted that this was the first time

Weightlessness (7,403 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"Garn scale", named for United States Senator Jake Garn, whose SAS during STS-51-D was the worst on record. Accordingly, one "Garn" is equivalent to the

Space suit (8,435 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

These were removed once the Shuttle became certified. From STS-5 (1982) to STS-51-L (1986) no pressure suits were worn during launch and reentry. The crew

Apollo 1 (11,808 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

three technicians asphyxiated on the launch pad after a countdown test STS-51-L – Space Shuttle Challenger, America's first in-flight fatality STS-107

List of SOE establishments (1,789 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire STS 50 - Gorse Hill, Witley near Godalming in Surrey STS 51 - Dunham House, Altrincham, Cheshire - parachute training (near RAF Ringway)

Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (9,404 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

campus) Ellison Onizuka, Astronaut (Killed in Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-51-L disaster), Colonel, USAF (deceased) – University of Colorado at Boulder

Strategic Defense Initiative (9,320 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tracking Experiment (HPTE), launched with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-G, was tested on June 21, 1985, when a Hawaii-based low-power laser successfully

Astronaut-politician (2,012 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

foreign politicians. In 1985, Senator Jake Garn went into space aboard the STS-51-D flight as a payload specialist and in 1986 Rep. Bill Nelson of Florida

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 (7,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

restraints, it was not ready until 1986. The first shuttle flight to use it was STS-51-L, which ended with the Challenger disaster, after which the first return-to-flight

List of Auburn University people (4,511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mattingly (1958), astronaut, Apollo 13 (pulled), Apollo 16 (spacewalk), STS-4, STS-51-C Cherri M. Pancake (Ph.D. 1986), elected Fellow (2001) and president (2018–)

Australopithecus africanus (6,880 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sterkfontein), this occurred every 6–9 months, and in the lower canine specimen StS 51 every 4–6 months, and this carried on until 4–5 years of development. Lithium

Special Operations Executive (16,286 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Municipal Police. Those who passed this course received parachute training by STS 51 and 51a situated near Altrincham, Cheshire with the assistance of No.1 Parachute

Bill Nelson (9,315 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

training with fellow "congressional observer" Senator Jake Garn, who flew on STS-51-D in 1985. Nelson served as a payload specialist on Space Shuttle Columbia's

Rocket engine (11,709 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in-flight RS-25 engine failure occurred during Space Shuttle Challenger's STS-51-F mission. This failure had no effect on mission objectives or duration

1980s (17,128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1983–1985. But that all came to an end with the tragic loss of the Challenger (STS-51-L) on January 28, 1986, taking with it seven astronauts, including Christa

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Abbey shaking hands with Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, as the crew of STS-51-F disembark the Space Shuttle Challenger.

1985 in the United States (6,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is founded by Steve Jobs after he resigns from Apple Computer. June 24 – STS-51-G: Space Shuttle Discovery completes its mission, best remembered for having

Apollo 16 (11,732 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2004. Mattingly also twice commanded Shuttle missions, STS-4 (1982) and STS-51-C (1985), before retiring from NASA in 1985. The Ticonderoga delivered the

Marshall Space Flight Center (9,716 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bay.[citation needed] Space Shuttle Challenger was launched on mission STS-51-L on 28 January 1986, resulting in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

List of spaceflight records (4,613 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Onizuka Judith Resnik Ronald McNair Sharon Christa McAuliffe Gregory Jarvis STS-51-L USA 28 January 1986 Space station-to-space station flight Space station-to-space

Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (2,202 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commercial aviation safety" 1992 Jake Garn Senator, payload specialist on board STS-51-D and cited as "one of the U.S. Senate's most effective aerospace spokesmen

Comparison of crewed space vehicles (651 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

crew of a stranded orbiter. Wingspan 23.79m Includes two fatal accidents; STS-51-L disintegrated during ascent, STS-107 damaged during ascent, disintegrated

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1983 STS-9/Columbia selected and served as backup payload specialist 1985 STS-51-H/Spacelab EOM 1 mission selected as payload specialist (mission cancelled

Timeline of Warren County, Indiana history (1,231 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Williams makes his first space flight as pilot of the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-51-D). 1988 July 4 – Fire destroys several buildings in Williamsport along

Acoustic levitation (4,983 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

zero gravity, taking a device up on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-B to investigate the behaviour of levitated droplets in micro-gravity. Further

Empire Test Pilots' School (2,188 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Baudry, Patrick No. 37 FW 1978 Flew aboard NASA's Space Shuttle 1985 mission STS-51-G. Best, Dave No. 48FW 1989 MOD Chief Test Pilot. NATO Air Operations Director

Hackensack, New Jersey (21,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Engineer Program during the mid-1980s whi served as a Payload Specialist on STS-51-J Atlantis (October 3–7, 1985) John B. Paolella (born 1949), politician

List of people from Montana (5,705 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

college in Bozeman Physicist and astronaut who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a payload specialist; unsuccessful candidate for the Montana legislature

Chinese space program (20,837 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wrong orbit due to kick motor malfunction before being recovered in the STS-51-A mission in 1984.[citation needed] On April 7, 1990, a Long March 3 rocket

Charles Mathias (7,585 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Space Shuttle. McAuliffe died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L) on January 28, 1986. Mathias held a retirement party at the Baltimore

Deaths in February 2014 (11,282 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

British-born American author. Dale Gardner, 65, American astronaut (STS-8, STS-51-A), brain aneurysm. John Henderson, 84, British footballer (Workington Town)

Asian Americans in science and technology (1,234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

person of East Asian descent) when he made his first space flight aboard STS-51-C in 1985. Onizuka later died aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986

Engineering disasters (2,118 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1986, when the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger (OV-099) (mission STS-51-L) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its

Deaths in August 2013 (11,357 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gordon Fullerton, 76, American astronaut and test pilot (ALT program, STS-3, STS-51-F), complications from a stroke. David Gilhooly, 70, American ceramicist

Kinnelon, New Jersey (7,836 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Pailes (born 1952), astronaut who flew as a payload specialist aboard STS-51-J on the Space Shuttle Atlantis Elise Testone (born 1983), singer and American

History of spaceflight (9,862 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

19, is counted in the above Soyuz number. Includes two fatal missions: STS-51-L, and STS-107. The former did not reach space, while the latter did. "Sputnik

Shuttle-Centaur (9,421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

no one accepted the offer. On 28 January 1986, Challenger lifted off on STS-51-L. A failure of the solid rocket booster 73 seconds into flight tore Challenger

Deaths in October 2022 (15,039 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

van den Berg, 90, Dutch-born American chemical engineer and astronaut (STS-51-B). Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret, 93, American photographer and civil rights

Ohio Women's Hall of Fame (4,344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the destruction of Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission STS-51-L Helen Hooven Santmyer (1895–1986) Greene 1984 Writer Marian Spencer (1920–2019)

Benoît Clair (847 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

French payload specialist aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-51-G. The book was followed by an audio CD produced by CBS France in January

Galileo project (21,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gases. On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off on the STS-51-L mission. A failure of the solid rocket booster 73 seconds into flight

List of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University alumni (1,307 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and Technology Policy Ronald McNair 1971 (B.S.) Physicist and NASA astronaut; died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L

Harry Peulevé (1,992 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

23) in the Western Highlands and a few days at Ringway parachute school (STS 51) near Manchester. Peulevé then went on to train as a wireless operator at

XO (song) (10,462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

STS-51-L crew who died during the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

Carol Alonso (1,513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

experiment on space shuttle Challenger. NASA invited her to view the launch of STS-51-B as a VIP on April 29, 1985, at Cape Canaveral. An NBC film crew accompanied

August 1967 (9,453 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Robert A. Parker (STS-9), Anthony W. England and Karl Gordon Henize, both on STS-51-F. "The biggest riot in Shanghai" took place after municipal party activist

Statue of Liberty in popular culture (7,154 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

word "Amuse" as its logo. The mission flight patch worn by the crew of STS-51-J (the debut launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis) has the Statue of Liberty

List of minor planets named after people (9,549 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Neil Armstrong) 6470 Aldrin ("Buzz" Aldrin) 6471 Collins (Michael Collins) STS-51-L crew members: 3350 Scobee (Francis "Dick" Scobee) 3351 Smith (Michael

Tom Danley (2,820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

major components of the payload on Space Shuttle flights STS-7 in 1983 and STS-51-A in 1984. Danley experimented on his own with a loudspeaker based on the

List of Carnegie Mellon University people (8,456 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

astronaut who died in the Challenger accident during the launch of the mission STS-51-L Mark Russinovich (B.S., Ph.D. 1994), Windows expert and technical fellow

List of Texas A&M University people (6,429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Laboratory Glenn McCarthy 1931 Wildcatter William A. Pailes 1981 NASA astronaut (STS-51-J) Richard Steadman 1959 Knee surgeon Steven Swanson 1998 NASA astronaut

List of University of Michigan alumni (24,052 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in T-38 crash at Ellington Air Force Base Karl G. Henize (Ph.D. 1954), STS-51-F, 1985 Jack Lousma (COE: BSAE 1959), Skylab 3 1973; STS-3, 1982 Donald

List of Sigma Chi members (733 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

GarnS University of Utah, 1954 First Member of Congress to Fly into space (STS-51-D), 1985. Greg HarbaughS Purdue 1978 Space Shuttle astronaut, STS-39, STS-54

List of French astronauts (363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

days, 19 hours, 22 minutes Mir Seventh Shuttle-Mir Docking Patrick Baudry STS-51-G June 17, 1985 7 days, 1 hour, 38 minutes Deployed three communications

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Commander on STS-6, Penn State Joseph P. Allen Mission Specialist on STS-5, STS-51-A Depauw Colonel Ken Cameron Pilot on STS-37, Commander on STS-56, STS-74

List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1980–1989) (25,082 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Space Shuttle Challenger, OV-099, is destroyed 73 seconds after lift-off on STS-51-L. Analysis of the accident showed that a faulty O-ring seal had allowed

Bernard Le Grelle (5,784 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

teacher in space. McAuliffe died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L) along with the crew just 73 seconds after liftoff on the morning of Tuesday

List of Vanderbilt University people (31,483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Laboratory, payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-B John Wikswo – biological physicist, Gordon A. Cain University Professor

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2007 (2007-01-31) Space Shuttle Challenger blasts off from Cape Canaveral to start the STS-51-L mission. 73 seconds later, Challenger's boosters explode and send it into

List of piers in New York City (535 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

south of Delancey St. 48 East and Delancey Sts. 50 East and Rivington Sts. 51 Tompkins St. north of Rivington St. 52 Tompkins and Stanton Sts. 53 Tompkins

Baháʼí Faith in South Carolina (12,677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

McNair died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L. Louis Venters of Francis Marion University who wrote a PhD on the religion

January 1978 (7,775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and the first Asian-American in space (Ellison Onizuka, January 24, 1985, STS-51-C). The new astronauts of Group 8 were introduced at a press conference

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Brazilian quilombola, shot. Karol J. Bobko, 85, American astronaut (STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J). Miroslav Bošković, 76, Serbian footballer (Hajduk Split, Angers

2023 deaths in the United States (49,483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Collector, 6, racehorse (b. 2017) Karol J. Bobko, 85, astronaut (STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J) (b. 1937) Bobby Eli, 77, guitarist (MFSB), songwriter ("Love Won't

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and theatre artistic director. Joe Engle, 91, American astronaut (STS-2, STS-51-I). Makid Haider, 76, Bangladeshi poet and writer. Thomas Hoepker, 88, German

Space Park (14,233 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

system. January 28, 1986 Along with the lives of all seven astronauts, STS-51-L lost the second TRW-built TDRS spacecraft. May 29, 1986 NASA announced

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heart surgeon. Ken Mattingly, 87, American astronaut (Apollo 16, STS-4, STS-51-C). George W. Owings III, 78, American politician, member of the Maryland