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STS-51-B was the 17th flight of the NASA Space Shuttle program and the seventh flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. The launch of Challenger on April 29, 1985, was delayed by 2 minutes and 18 seconds, due to a launch processing failure. Challenger was initially rolled out to the pad to launch on the STS-51-E mission. The shuttle was rolled back when a timing issue emerged with the TDRS-B satellite. When STS-51-E was canceled, Challenger was remanifested with the STS-51-B payloads. The shuttle landed successfully on May 6, 1985, after a week-long mission.

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1985  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Spacelab-3
human spaceflight, Frederick D. Gregory, Robert F. Overmyer, Norman Thagard, Lodewijk van den Berg, Taylor G. Wang, Don L. Lind, low Earth orbit, William E. Thornton, 

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1985-04-29T00:00:00Z

1985-04-29T00:00:00Z

1985 STS-51-B

1985-05-06T00:00:00Z

1985-05-06T00:00:00Z

landing

1985-04-29T00:00:00Z

1985-04-29T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

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Frameless

Astronaut Taylor Wang (18713371445)

NUSAT 1

William E. Thornton (headshot)

STS-51B (15021658579)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Astronaut Taylor Wang (18713371445)		Commons
commons	image		NUSAT 1		Commons
commons	image		William E. Thornton (headshot)		Commons
commons	image		STS-51B (15021658579)		Commons