STS-51-G

STS-51-G was the 18th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the fifth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. The seven-day mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 17, 1985, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on June 24, 1985. Sultan bin Salman Al Saud from Saudi Arabia was on board as a payload specialist; Al Saud became the first Arab, the first Muslim, and the first member of a royal family to fly into space. It was also the first Space Shuttle mission which flew without at least one astronaut from the pre-Shuttle era among its crew.

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1985  Wikimedia, Wikidata
human spaceflight, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, low Earth orbit, John Oliver Creighton, Steven R. Nagel, John M. Fabian, Patrick Baudry, Shannon Lucid, Daniel Brandenstein, 

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1985-06-17T00:00:00Z

1985-06-17T00:00:00Z

1985 STS-51-G

1985-06-17T00:00:00Z

1985-06-17T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

1985-06-24T00:00:00Z

1985-06-24T00:00:00Z

landing

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STS-51-G crew photo

STS-51-G crew head to launchpad

Portrait of STS 51-G crew

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		STS-51-G crew photo		Commons
commons	image		STS-51-G crew head to launchpad		Commons
commons	image		Portrait of STS 51-G crew		Commons