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toju6ix9ine t1_j69h3r9 wrote

Tbh can anyone explain me what was the objective or mission of that space shuttle? I know nothing bout it

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KristnSchaalisahorse t1_j69lcic wrote

From Wikipedia:

>The tenth mission for Challenger, STS-51-L, was scheduled to deploy the second in a series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS-B), carry out the first flight of the "Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy" (SPARTAN-203) / Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable in order to observe Halley's Comet, and carry out several lessons from space as part of the Teacher in Space Project and Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP).

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KmartQuality t1_j6azxed wrote

It was otherwise a routine mission but it had the added dimension of having a non-professional astronaut school teacher on board. She was supposed to do live lessons from space or something. There were school activities planned. It was a huge nationwide thing.

Shuttle missions were routine by then but this one had much MUCH more attention paid to it and it was played live in schools across the country.

I was in 5th grade and I remember getting my first early lessons in physics in the days before the launch.

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