NASA Mission Patch - STS 51B (Lind, Thagard, Overmher, Gregory, Thornton, Vandenberg, Wang)

Object/Artifact

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Wabash County Museum

Name/Title

NASA Mission Patch - STS 51B (Lind, Thagard, Overmher, Gregory, Thornton, Vandenberg, Wang)

Entry/Object ID

2024.039.12

Description

NASA Mission Patch - STS 51B (Lind, Thagard, Overmher, Gregory, Thornton, Vandenberg, Wang). 17th Space Shuttle Mission, 7th Flight of Challenger Crew: Robert F. Overmyer, Commander; Frederick D. Gregory, Pilot; Don L. Lind, Mission Specialist; Norman E. Thagard, Mission Specialist; William E. Thornton, Mission Specialist; Lodewijk van den Berg, Payload Specialist; Taylor G. Wang, Payload Specialist. The mission's primary payload was Spacelab-3. This was the first operational flight for the Spacelab orbital laboratory series developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). Studies were held in materials sciences, life sciences, fluid mechanics, atmospheric physics and astronomy.