IMAGE 400_499\477.Lbm,Emblem for STS-51D, Discovery, April 1985: Bobko, Williams, Seddon, Griggs, Hoffman, Walker, Garn.
IMAGE 800_899\851.Lbm,Leasat 3, just launched from Discovery on STS-51D. But it refuses to work, despite ingenious efforts by the crew. A spectacular recovery and repair mission (STS-51I) took place later in the year.
IMAGE 1800_99\854.Lbm,The large Syncom IV/Leasat s comsat being installed in Discovery's payload bay. At top is the smaller Anik C1. (STS-51D)
IMAGE 1800_99\853.Lbm,Discovery and the STS-51D shuttle stack emerge from the VAB, bound for the launch pad.
IMAGE 600_699\678.Lbm,On board Discovery on STS-51D with Rhea Seddon assisting, Senator Jake Garn subjects himself to medical experiments designed to monitor space sickness. He promptly obliges by being space sick!
IMAGE 1800_99\856.Lbm,Rhea Seddon begins work on a 'flyswatter' device to try to snag a switch on the 'dead' Leasat 3 satellite. (STS-51D)
IMAGE 1800_99\857.Lbm,Commander Karol Bobko helps Jeffrey Hoffman with his spacesuit as he and David Griggs (right) get ready for EVA to try to activate Leasat 3. (STS-51D)
IMAGE 1800_99\860.Lbm,Donald Williams indulges in his hobby of juggling. Karol Bobko finds this a fruitful experiment! (STS-51D)
IMAGE 0_99\52.Lbm,The Leasat 3 comsat pictured from Discovery in April 1985. It failed to function after launch from the shuttle.
IMAGE 1800_99\855.Lbm,Leasat 3 spins frisbee fashion out of Discovery's payload bay. (STS-51D)
IMAGE 0_99\53.Lbm,The "flyswatter" Discovery's crew rigged up on the STS-51D mission (April 1985) in an attempt to activate the dead Leasat 3.
IMAGE 800_899\876.Lbm,On his unscheduled EVA on STS-51D, David Griggs peers through the flight deck window from outside in the payload bay.
IMAGE 1800_99\858.Lbm,Jeffrey Hoffman (left) and David Griggs trying to fix the 'flyswatter' onto the end of the robot arm. (STS-51D)
IMAGE 1800_99\859.Lbm,After their abortive attempt to activate Leasat 3, the STS-51D crew pose for a portrait with the famous 'flyswatters'. They are, from the left: Senator Jake Garn, Jeffrey Hoffman, Donald Williams, Rhea Seddon, Karol Bobko, David Griggs and Charles Walker.
IMAGE 800_899\868.Lbm,On landing on the runway at the Kennedy Space Center at the end of STS-51D, Discovery suffered a blowout in one tyre and partial shredding of another.
IMAGE 800_899\869.Lbm,After the STS-51D mission Discovery was found to have suffered tile damage on the elevons.
