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Space Shuttle Challenger launched on April 29, 1985, for a seven day mission designated as STS-51B. It was the first mission for which the acquisition of science data was the primary objective. 

The payload included the Spacelab 3 multidisciplinary mission, which emphasized investigations requiring the low-gravity environment of Earth orbit. The investigations selected for the Spacelab 3 mission originated in the United States, France, and India, and represented a total of five different disciplinesL material science, life sciences, fluid mechanics, atmospheric science, and astronomy. Spacelab 3 included the first flight of the Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) experiment.

Data

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Type

Space Stations/Crewed Spacecraft

Objective

Conduct atmospheric studies

Launch

April 29, 1985

Data Center

GES DISC

Instruments Aboard STS-51B

Instrument Name Operational Date(s) Spectral Resolution Type of Instrument
Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy Experiment (ATMOS) 1985 to 1994

0.01 cm2

 Spectrometers/Radiometers

Related Platforms

STS-45

Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on March 24, 1992, on an eight day mission designated as STS-45.
STS-56

Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on April 8, 1993, on a nine-day flight designated as STS-56.

STS-66

Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on November 3, 1994, on a 10-day flight designated as STS-66.

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