Launch of Space Shuttle Mission STS-51-B

Monday April 29, 1985

39 years ago

STS 51-B mission patch

Launch of STS-51-B

Commander Robert F. Overmyer

Pilot Frederick D. Gregory

Mission Specialist 1 Don L. Lind

Mission Specialist 2 Norman E. Thagard

Mission Specialist 3 William E. Thornton

Payload Specialist 1 Lodewijk van den Berg

Payload Specialist 2 Taylor G. Wang

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