Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-I

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.

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.

• Space Shuttle

  Human Spaceflight
  The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
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• Joe Engle
  Commander
• Richard O. Covey
  Pilot
• William Frederick Fisher
  Mission Specialist
• James van Hoften
  Mission Specialist
• John M. Lounge
  Mission Specialist

• Space Shuttle Discovery

  Spaceplane
  Low Earth Orbit

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