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STS 61-A crew leave operations & checkout facility for launch pad
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STS 61-A crew leave operations & checkout facility for launch pad

NASA / JSC · 1985-10-30 · photograph (digital archive)

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61A-S-015 (30 Oct 1985) --- A record number of crewmembers to serve on a Shuttle mission walks from the operations and checkout facility to a crew transfer van en route to Launch Pad 39A where the Challenger awaits the 61-A/Spacelab D-1launch. Leading the way is Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., mission commander, as Steven R. Nagel, pilot, trails the blue-suited team members. At center are James F. Buchli, Bonnie J. Dunbar and Guion S. Bluford Jr.--all mission specialists.

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Credit lineSTS 61-A crew leave operations & checkout facility for launch pad. NASA/JSC, 1985-10-30. Public domain. ID: 61a-s-015.

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