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Crew
Bobko Garn Griggs Hoffman Seddon Walker Williams Donald
12 April 1985 13:55 GMT. Duration: 7.00 days. Call Sign: Discovery. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39A. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. LV Configuration: STS-23 (51-D). Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Spacecraft: Discovery. Payload: Discovery F04 / Anik C1[PAM-D] / Syncom-4 3 /Orbus. Mass: 16,249 kg. Perigee: 445 km. Apogee: 535 km. Inclination: 28.5 deg. Period: 94.4 min. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 33 .
STS-51-DSTS-51-D - Astronaut Rhea Seddon sits down to a meal in the middeck

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