CREW TRAINING - STS-33/51L (ZERO-G)
S85-42474 (16 Oct. 1985) --- A KC-135 aircraft provides a brief period of weightlessness as a preview for a teacher, in training to fly onboard a space shuttle for the Teacher-in-Space Project, and her backup. ... More
Teacher in Space Christa McAuliffe on the KC-135 for zero-G training
S86-25180 (October 1985) --- Sharon Christa McAuliffe, STS-51L citizen observer/payload specialist, representing the Teacher-in-Space Project, floats forward and upward during a few moments of weightlessness ab... More
Views of Mission Control during launch of STS-51L
51L-S-002 (28 Jan. 1986) --- Flight directors Jay H. Greene (foreground) and Alan L. (Lee) Briscoe study data on monitors at their consoles in the flight control room (FCR) of the Johnson Space Center's Mission... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA/ADMIN ARRIVAL OF VICE PRESIDENT BUSH FOL...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA/ADMIN ARRIVAL OF VICE PRESIDENT BUSH FOLLOWING STS-51L. Photo credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA/ADMIN ARRIVAL OF VICE PRESIDENT BUSH FOL...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA/ADMIN ARRIVAL OF VICE PRESIDENT BUSH FOLLOWING STS-51L. Photo credit: NASA
Liftoff of Shuttle Challenger for STS 51-L mission
51L-S-156 (28 Jan. 1986) --- The space shuttle Challenger lifted off from Pad 39B Jan. 28, 1986 at 11:38 a.m. (EST) with a crew of seven astronauts and the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). An accident ... More