\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> April 29, 1985
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Kennedy Space Center, Florida
\<COLOUR 1> FLIGHT TIME: \<COLOUR 0> 7 days 9 min
\<COLOUR 1> LANDING SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Edwards Air Force Base, California
\<COLOUR 1> CREW: \<COLOUR 0> Robert F Overmyer, Frederick D Gregory, Norman E Thagard, William E Thornton, Don L Lind, Lodewijk van den Berg, Taylor G Wang
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Second flight of Spacelab (designated Spacelab 3); at age 56, Thornton becomes the oldest man to fly in space; 'crew' also includes monkeys and rats.