STS-51-I

Joe Engle

• Birthday: 08/26/1932
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 06/29/1965
• Last Flight: 08/27/1985

Joe Henry Engle was an American pilot who served in the United States Air Force, test pilot for the North American X-15 progr...

Richard O. Covey

• Birthday: 08/01/1946
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/27/1985
• Last Flight: 12/02/1993

Richard Oswalt Covey is a retired United States Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut.

William Frederick Fisher

• Birthday: 04/01/1946
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/27/1985
• Last Flight: 08/27/1985

William Frederick Fisher is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. Fisher went into space in 1985 on board the Sp...

James van Hoften

• Birthday: 06/11/1944
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/06/1984
• Last Flight: 08/27/1985

James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften, Ph.D. is an American civil and hydraulic engineer, retired U.S. Navy officer...

John M. Lounge

• Birthday: 06/28/1946
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/27/1985
• Last Flight: 12/02/1990

ohn Michael "Mike" Lounge was an American engineer, a United States Navy officer, a Vietnam War veteran, and a NASA...

Mission

STS-51-I

• Type: Communications
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $450,000,000

STS-51-I was the twentieth of the shuttle program and sixth of Space Shuttle Discovery. It deployed three 10 satellites and then repaired a malfunctioning satellite. This mission required two EVAs.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 208 rockets, including 207 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 rocket launches.

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

Rocket

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

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