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STS-61C: Shuttle crew launches satellite, works on experiments

Spaceflight Now Digital Video
Posted: May 26, 2006

Space shuttle Columbia began mission STS-61C with a beautiful sunrise launch in January 1986 after several delays. Led by commander Hoot Gibson, the astronauts deployed a commercial communications satellite and tended to numerous experiments with the Materials Science Laboratory, Hitchhiker platform and Getaway Special Canisters in the payload bay. The crew included Congressman Bill Nelson of Florida, the first U.S. Representative to fly in space. Watch this post-flight film narrated by the astronauts.

Source: NASA-JSC (19 min 14 sec QT 6 Broadband Large file)

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