51A-06-017 - STS-51A - 51A activities

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51A-06-017 - STS-51A - 51A activities

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Description: Photographic documentation showing 51A crew activities. View of Mission Specialist (MS) Anna L. Fisher watching as Pilot David M. Walker helps MS Dale A. Gardner with a camera, on the middeck (MDDK).

Subject Terms: ASTRONAUTS, CREWS, ONBOARD ACTIVITIES, SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 51-A, DISCOVERY (ORBITER)

Categories: Crew Activities

Interior_Exterior: Interior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Element: Shuttle Middeck

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-51A

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1984

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The U.S. National Archives

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