STS-51-B mission

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/STS-51-B_mission
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:apogee 363 km
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Robert_F._Overmyer
gptkbp:crew 7
gptkbp:duration 7 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes, 46 seconds
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:STS-51-G
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label STS-51-B mission
gptkbp:inclination 57.0 degrees
gptkbp:landingDate gptkb:Edwards_Air_Force_Base
1985-05-06
gptkbp:launchDate 1985-04-29
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center_LC-39A
gptkbp:missionNumber 17
gptkbp:missionSpecialist gptkb:Don_L._Lind
gptkb:Taylor_G._Wang
gptkb:Norman_E._Thagard
gptkb:William_E._Thornton
gptkb:Lodewijk_van_den_Berg
gptkbp:missionType Spacelab science mission
gptkbp:notableMission fluid physics experiments
crystal growth experiments
animal holding facility (monkeys, rats, and 2 squirrel monkeys)
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitsCompleted 110
gptkbp:orbitType gptkb:Low_Earth_Orbit
gptkbp:payload gptkb:Spacelab-3
gptkbp:perihelion 356 km
gptkbp:pilot gptkb:Frederick_D._Gregory
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:STS-51-D
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:Space_Shuttle_Challenger
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:STS-51-B_mission_patch
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7