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NASA image: View of the shuttle Discovery STS 51-D launch
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Apr 12, 1985

View of the shuttle Discovery STS 51-D launch

51D-9092 (12 April 1985) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery ascends the launch complex in Florida and heads through...

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NASA image: STS 51-D crewmembers gather to eat breakfast
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Apr 12, 1985

STS 51-D crewmembers gather to eat breakfast

51D-9089 (S23-9089) (12 April 1985) --- The Space Shuttle mission 51-D crewmembers gather to eat breakfast prior to...

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NASA image: STS 51-D crewmembers depart KSC's operations and checkout building
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Apr 12, 1985

STS 51-D crewmembers depart KSC's operations and checkout building

51D-9091 (S23-9091) (12 April 1985) --- The Space Shuttle mission 51-D crewmembers depart the Kennedy Space Center's...

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NASA image: OFFICIAL PORTRAIT - STS-51D CREW
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Mar 15, 1985

OFFICIAL PORTRAIT - STS-51D CREW

S85-28647 (28 Feb 1985) --- The seven members of the STS-51D mission are pictured in the midst of a busy training...

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NASA image: Shuttle Discovery on pad for STS 51-D mission
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Apr 12, 1985

Shuttle Discovery on pad for STS 51-D mission

Shuttle Discovery on the launch pad for the STS 51-D mission.

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NASA image: View of STS 51-D crew commander Karol Bobko training with Arriflex camera
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Jul 6, 1984

View of STS 51-D crew commander Karol Bobko training with Arriflex camera

View of STS 51-D crew commander Karol Bobko training with the Arriflex 16mm camera.

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NASA image: View of STS 51-D mission specialist Rhea Seddon training with Arriflex camera
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Jul 6, 1984

View of STS 51-D mission specialist Rhea Seddon training with Arriflex camera

View of STS 51-D mission specialist Rhea Seddon training with the Arriflex 16mm camera.

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NASA image: View of the shuttle Discovery on the launch pad just prior to STS 51-D launch
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Apr 12, 1985

View of the shuttle Discovery on the launch pad just prior to STS 51-D launch

View of the shuttle Discovery on the launch pad just prior to STS 51-D launch. The surrounding area is dark, with...

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NASA image: Views from mission control during the STS 51-D mission
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Apr 17, 1985

Views from mission control during the STS 51-D mission

Flight controllers in the JSC mission control center watch television transmissions of Discovery's rendezvous...

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NASA image: Portrait - Garn, E.J. "Jake"
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Jan 15, 1985

Portrait - Garn, E.J. "Jake"

S85-25500 (1985) --- Senator E. J. "Jake" Garn, STS 51-D payload specialist.

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NASA image: View of the shuttle Discovery on the launch pad just prior to STS 51-D launch
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Apr 12, 1985

View of the shuttle Discovery on the launch pad just prior to STS 51-D launch

Just below center of this scene is a distant representation of a large ignition as the Shuttle Discovery lifts off...

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NASA image: Astronaut Gregory Jarvis during KC-135 zero gravity training
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Jan 25, 1985

Astronaut Gregory Jarvis during KC-135 zero gravity training

S85-26106 (25 Jan. 1985) --- Astronaut Gregory Jarvis gets a familiarization session in weightlessness aboard a...

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NASA image: Sen. Jake Garn trains in use of equipment for medical experiments
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Feb 1, 1985

Sen. Jake Garn trains in use of equipment for medical experiments

Sen. Jake Garn trains in use of equipment for medical experiments.

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NASA image: Landing of the Shuttle Discovery at the end of the STS 51-D mission
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Apr 19, 1985

Landing of the Shuttle Discovery at the end of the STS 51-D mission

51D-9107 (19 April 1985) --- A side-looking, wide view of the Space Shuttle Discovery shows the vehicle on its final...

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NASA image: STS 51-D crew photograph in orbit
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Apr 14, 1985

STS 51-D crew photograph in orbit

51D-09-034 (12-19 April 1985) --- The seven crew members of STS-51D take time, during a busy full week in space, to...

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NASA image: Astronauts Seddon and Bobko work on extension for RMS
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Apr 15, 1985

Astronauts Seddon and Bobko work on extension for RMS

51D-04-015 (15 April 1985) --- Astronaut Rhea Seddon and Karol J. Bobko continue work on snag-type extension for the...

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NASA image: Astronaut Rhea Seddon works on flyswatter-like snagging device
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Apr 17, 1985

Astronaut Rhea Seddon works on flyswatter-like snagging device

51D-07-003 (12-19 April 1985) --- Astronaut Rhea Seddon begins early work on a fly swatter-like snagging device to...

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NASA image: Sen. Jake Garn and astronaut Karol Bobko show cartoon from Doonesbury strip
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Apr 16, 1985

Sen. Jake Garn and astronaut Karol Bobko show cartoon from Doonesbury strip

51D-09-014 (12-19 April 1985) --- U.S. Senator E. J. (Jake) Garn (left), payload specialist; and Karol J. Bobko,...

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NASA image: View of the Syncom-IV (LEASAT) satellite from the flight deck window
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Apr 17, 1985

View of the Syncom-IV (LEASAT) satellite from the flight deck window

View of the Syncom-IV (LEASAT) satellite from the flight deck window taken by Astronaut S. David Griggs.

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NASA image: Astronauts Bobko and Williams surrounded by teleprinted messages
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Apr 19, 1985

Astronauts Bobko and Williams surrounded by teleprinted messages

51D-05-22 (12-19 April 1985) --- Astronauts Karol J. Bobko (foreground), mission commander, and Donald E. Williams,...

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NASA image: CREW TRAINING (TOYS) - STS-51E - JSC
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Jan 26, 1985

CREW TRAINING (TOYS) - STS-51E - JSC

S85-26476 (1 February 1985) --- Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman, 51-D mission specialist, goes through a one-G...

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NASA image: Payload specialists Sen. Jake Garn plugs in food warmer in middeck area
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Apr 14, 1985

Payload specialists Sen. Jake Garn plugs in food warmer in middeck area

U. S. Senator E.J. (Jake) Garn, payload specialist, plugs in a food warmer in middeck area of the Shuttle Discovery.

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NASA image: KSC-90pc-0631
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Apr 24, 1990

KSC-90pc-0631

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Discovery soars into the morning skies above Florida, carying a crew...

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NASA image: Sen. Jake Garn and payload specialist Charles Waler in middeck simulation
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Apr 12, 1985

Sen. Jake Garn and payload specialist Charles Waler in middeck simulation

Two payload specialists for the STS 51-D mission get in some training time in the crew compartment trainerat JSC....

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