STS-51-E. Then it happened: the long-planned STS-51-E mission, which was supposed to loft the TDRS-B/2 satellite atop an IUS booster stage (you may know why it was cancelled). The crew was the same as STS-41-F, except there was one Payload Specialist and his backup: Patrick Baudry and Jean-Loup Chretien. The crew was selected after the ...

Originally scheduled for launch in 1980. The crew of three were to place the satellites TDRS-B and SBS-B into orbit during the 3-day mission. TDRS-B was rescheduled for STS-51E but became re-manifested on STS-51L, where it was destroyed …

2018年12月28日 · The STS-51E crew was assigned on August 03, 1984 including one Payload Specialist: Patrick Baudry and his backup Jean-Loup Chrétien. In January 1985 U.S. senator Jake Garn had been added to the crew. So a new portrait and patch had to be made.

STS-51 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that launched the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) in September 1993. Discovery's 17th flight also featured the deployment and retrieval of the SPAS-ORFEUS satellite and its IMAX camera, which captured spectacular footage of Discovery in space.

The dominant feature of the STS-51E emblem is an orbit formed by a colonial American flag and a Space Shuttle. The flag in orbit signifies the U.S. presence in space and pre-eminence in manned spaceflight. The original flag is used to symbolize a continuity of technical achievement and progress since colonial times.

2014年7月14日 · Designated STS-51E, the mission was originally scheduled for launch on February 20 and intended to deploy NASA’s second Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-B) as well as the Canadian Anik C-1 telecommunications satellite.

2007年4月5日 · The stacking of STS-51E , which became 51B , on MLP2 did it begin in Highbay 3 and finish in HB 1 ? I ask because according to the dates we have the stacking of the SRB's began 28 November 84 but...

2023年8月28日 · STS-51 Mission Facts. Mission: ACTS/TOS; ORFEUS-SPAS Space Shuttle: Discovery Launch Pad: 39B Launched: September 12, 1993, 7:45 a.m. EDT Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Landing: September 22, 1993, 3:56 a.m. EDT Landing Weight: 206,438 pounds Runway: 15 Rollout Distance: 8,271 …

2016年5月12日 · STS-51L launched with TDRS-B at 16:38 GMT on 28 January 1986. The Shuttle disintegrated 73 seconds after launch due to an o-ring failure in one of the Solid Rocket Boosters, killing the seven astronauts aboard. Note that a dark bordered variation also exists.

Flight: STS-51-E. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Challenger. Planned TDRS/IUS deployment shuttle mission. Cancelled due to IUS failure..