40 Years Ago: STS-51A – “The Ace Repo Company”

Successfully deployed from the space shuttle Challenger during the February 1984 STS-41B mission, the Westar 6 and Palapa B2 communications satellites ended up in incorrect orbits due to failures of their upper stage rockets. During STS-51A in November 1984, Discoverys second trip into space, the crew of Commander Frederick H. Rick Hauck, Pilot David M. 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...
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