STS 26

Also called STS 51F

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General

Launch id	85063
Launch date	29 Jul 1985
Launch site	Cape Canaveral
Type	Challenger #08
Crew	Story Musgrave Antony England John Bartoe Roy Bridges Karl Henise Loren Acton Gordon Fullerton
Landing date	6 Aug 1985
Landing site	Edwards
Payload	B: PDP (launched and retrieved)

Flight of 7 days 22 h 45 min 26 s. One of the 3 main motors stopped after 5 min 45 s. The shuttle was orbited 70 km below the nominal orbit

Spacelab 2 mission

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External resources

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-f/mission-51-f.html

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