STS-51-B Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
29 Apr 1985, 4:02pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Complex 39A
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Spacecraft Stage
Space Shuttle
Crew
Robert F. Overmyer
Frederick D. Gregory
Don L. Lind
Lodewijk van den Berg
Taylor Gun-Jin Wang
William E. Thornton
Norman E. Thagard
Mission
STS-51-B
Mission Type
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
STS-51-B was the seventeenth flight of the shuttle program and the seventh for Space Shuttle Challenger. It was the second flight for SpaceLab.
Available Replays
Live
STS-51-B Launch CNN Coverage
Updated: Apr 16, 10:45am UTC
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