Launch of Space Shuttle Mission STS-85

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Thursday August 7, 1997

27 years ago

STS-85 mission patch

Commander Curtis L. Brown, Jr.

Pilot Kent V. Rominger

Mission Specialist 1 N. Jan Davis

Mission Specialist 2 Robert L. Curbeam, Jr.

Mission Specialist 3 Stephen K. Robinson

Payload Specialist 1 Bjarni V. Tryggvason

Left to right – Seated: Rominger, Brown; Standing: Curbeam, Robinson, Davis, Tryggvason

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