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Challenger STS 61-A / Spacelab D1 - Screenshots
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Re: Challenger STS 61-A / Spacelab D1 - Screenshots
« Reply #1 on: 12/19/2011 08:31 pm »

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Re: Challenger STS 61-A / Spacelab D1 - Screenshots
« Reply #2 on: 12/19/2011 08:34 pm »
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Re: Challenger STS 61-A / Spacelab D1 - Screenshots
« Reply #3 on: 12/19/2011 08:39 pm »
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Re: Challenger STS 61-A / Spacelab D1 - Screenshots
« Reply #4 on: 12/19/2011 08:58 pm »
Experiment racks for the first german spacelab mission D1 were put into a transport container at MBB-Erno in Bremen and sent to KSC. Here they were integrated into the spacelab module.

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Re: Challenger STS 61-A / Spacelab D1 - Screenshots
« Reply #5 on: 12/19/2011 09:01 pm »

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Re: Challenger STS 61-A / Spacelab D1 - Screenshots
« Reply #6 on: 12/19/2011 09:06 pm »
September 18-20, 1985 - Payload Installation

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Re: Challenger STS 61-A / Spacelab D1 - Screenshots
« Reply #7 on: 12/19/2011 09:22 pm »
Challenger reached launch pad 39A on October 16, 1985. While Challenger was prepared for her ninth mission, Christa McAuliffe and Barbara Morgan inspected her out there at the pad - in preparation for the orbiter's tenth launch...
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Re: Challenger STS 61-A / Spacelab D1 - Screenshots
« Reply #8 on: 12/19/2011 09:33 pm »
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« Reply #9 on: 12/19/2011 09:38 pm »
October 30, 1985 - Launch Day

Crew breakfast

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« Reply #10 on: 12/19/2011 09:43 pm »
Crew walkout

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« Reply #11 on: 12/19/2011 09:47 pm »

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« Reply #12 on: 12/19/2011 09:51 pm »
The first and only time eight astronauts took this ride together

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« Reply #16 on: 12/19/2011 10:31 pm »
Among the onlookers at KSC was Germany's space pioneer Hermann Oberth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Oberth

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« Reply #18 on: 12/19/2011 11:02 pm »
High noon at Kennedy Space Center

PAO: T-10, we are go for main engine start. 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... we have ignition and lift-off. Lift-off of Challenger on the Spacelab D1 mission, and the shuttle has cleared the tower.

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