STS-51-F Abort-to-Orbit (1985)
Wikipedia recounts NASA's 1985 STS-51-F Challenger mission, the shuttle program's only Abort-to-Orbit.
The Wikipedia page describes STS-51-F, the 19th Space Shuttle flight and the eighth mission of Challenger, launched on July 29, 1985. A failed center-engine sensor forced the program's only Abort-to-Orbit, and the crew flew a lower orbit than planned. The primary payload was Spacelab 2, alongside astronomy instruments and a carbonated-beverage experiment. The page is historical spaceflight material, not cybersecurity or AI news.
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Landing date August 6, 1985, 19:45:26 UTC (12:45:26 pm PDT ) Front row (seated): C. Gordon Fullerton , Roy D. Bridges Jr.
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