Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-D
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April 12, 1985, 1:59 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
April 12, 1985, 1:59 p.m. - April 12, 1985, 1:59 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
April 12, 1985, 1:59 p.m. - April 12, 1985, 1:59 p.m.
STS-51-D was the sixteenth flight of the shuttle and fourth for the Space Shuttle Discovery. Its mission was to deploy a number of 10 satellites. The landing suffered extensive brake damaged and a ruptured tire. All subsequent landings had to be done at the Edwards Air Force Base until the development and implementation of nose steering.
Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date.
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. Discovery became the third operational orbiter to enter service, preceded by Columbia and Challenger. It embarked on its last mission, STS-133, on February 24, 2011 and touched down for the final time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9, having spent a cumulative total of almost a full year in space. Discovery performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions. It also carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by Endeavour and then Atlantis.
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Birth: Aug. 29, 1948
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Birth: Feb. 13, 1942
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Feb. 23, 2016
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Birth: Nov. 8, 1947
Age: 74
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Birth: Sept. 7, 1939
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June 17, 1989
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Birth: Nov. 2, 1944
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