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STS-51-AA

Mission

Part of STS

Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.

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Shuttle cutaway showing deployment of LDEF
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Planned shuttle mission. Cancelled due to payload delays.

People: Fabian, Lucid, Creighton, Jarvis, Nagel, Walker, Konrad
Projects: STS

Chronology

1 event

1985 April

STS-51-AA (cancelled) - . Crew: Creighton, Fabian, Jarvis, Lucid, Nagel, Walker. Backup Crew: Konrad. Nation: USA. Program: STS. Flight: STS-51-AA. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Discovery. Planned shuttle mission. Cancelled due to payload delays..