IMAGE 400_499\484.Lbm,Emblem of STS-61A, Challenger, October, 1985: Buchli, Hartsfield, Nagel, Bluford, Dunbar, Messerschmid, Ockels, Furrer. Spacelab D1 mission dedicated to West Germany. Largest ever shuttle crew.
IMAGE 900_999\911.Lbm,Challenger and the STS-61A/Spacelab D1 shuttle stack emerge from the VAB in October 1985. The low building at left is the Kennedy launch control centre.
IMAGE 200_299\292.Lbm,The shuttle stack for the STS-61A/Spacelab D1 mission starting its journey from the VAB along the crawlerway to the launch pad.
IMAGE 1800_99\886.Lbm,Challenger lifts spectacularly from the pad on October 30, 1985, on what was to be its final full mission. (STS-61A)
IMAGE 1800_99\887.Lbm,Challenger speeds towards the heavens on the STS-61A/Spacelab D1 mission.
IMAGE 500_599\536.Lbm,On the Spacelab D1 mission (STS-61A) US astronaut Guion Bluford (left) is working in Spacelab with ESA's Rheinhard Furrer and Ernst Messerschmid.
IMAGE 600_699\697.Lbm,On the STS-61A/Spacelab D1 mission Wubbo Ockels emerges from a specially designed sleep restraint inside Spacelab.
IMAGE 700_799\701.Lbm,ESA astronaut Reinhard Furrer bares his arm for bloodletting for space medicine experiments on STS-61A/Spacelab D1.
IMAGE 1400_99\405.Lbm,The European astronaut Wubbo Ockels demonstrates how easy it is to do a handstand in zero gravity. (STS-61A)
IMAGE 1400_99\406.Lbm,Wubbo Ockels appears to be conjuring with a egg and a sock/shoe in the weightless environment of Spacelab. Reinhard Furrer looks on. (STS-61A)
xxIMAGE 1400_99\406a.Lbm,Wubbo Ockels wearing the headgear that will monitor his response to being accelerated on Spacelab's space sled. (STS-61A)
IMAGE 1800_99\888.Lbm,US mission specialist Bonnie Dunbar and German payload specialist Reinhard Furrer busy at work in Spacelab. (STS-61A)
IMAGE 1800_99\889.Lbm,James Buchli talks to Spacelab controllers on Challenger's aft flight deck. (STS-61A)
IMAGE 1800_99\890.Lbm,German payload specialist Ernst Messerschmid working at the materials science rack. (STS-61A)
IMAGE 1800_99\891.Lbm,Bonnie Dunbar takes part in a Spacelab biomedical test. (STS-61A)
IMAGE 1400_99\404.Lbm,A well-formed mercury iodide crystal prepared in material processing experiments on Spacelab D1. (STS-61A)
IMAGE 800_899\843.Lbm,Jerry Ross catches a ride on the 'cherry picker' during a spectacular EVA session on STS-61A.
IMAGE 0_99\2.Lbm,Orbiter Challenger touches down at the Edwards Air Force Base in California after the week-long STS-61A/Spacelab D1 mission.
xx*IMAGE 1800_99\892.Lbm,Commander Henry Hartsfield and pilot Steven Nagel discuss flight operations during the Spacelab D1 mission. (STS-61A)
xx*IMAGE 1800_99\892.Lbm,Commander Henry Hartsfield and pilot Steven Nagel discuss flight operations during the Spacelab D1 mission. (STS-61A)
xx*IMAGE 1800_99\892.Lbm,Commander Henry Hartsfield and pilot Steven Nagel discuss flight operations during the Spacelab D1 mission. (STS-61A)
xx*IMAGE 1800_99\892.Lbm,Commander Henry Hartsfield and pilot Steven Nagel discuss flight operations during the Spacelab D1 mission. (STS-61A)
xx*IMAGE 1800_99\893.Lbm,STS-61A Earth photography: Hurricane Juan spiralling in the Gulf of Mexico.
xx*IMAGE 1800_99\893.Lbm,STS-61A Earth photography: Hurricane Juan spiralling in the Gulf of Mexico.
xx*IMAGE 1800_99\893.Lbm,STS-61A Earth photography: Hurricane Juan spiralling in the Gulf of Mexico.
xx*IMAGE 1800_99\893.Lbm,STS-61A Earth photography: Hurricane Juan spiralling in the Gulf of Mexico.
xx*IMAGE 1900_99\984.Lbm,STS-61A Earth photography: Hurricane Juan winding itself up over the Gulf of Mexico.
xx*IMAGE 1900_99\984.Lbm,STS-61A Earth photography: Hurricane Juan winding itself up over the Gulf of Mexico.
xx*IMAGE 1900_99\984.Lbm,STS-61A Earth photography: Hurricane Juan winding itself up over the Gulf of Mexico.
xx*IMAGE 1900_99\984.Lbm,STS-61A Earth photography: Hurricane Juan winding itself up over the Gulf of Mexico.
