Remembering Dale Allan Gardner
Object Details
- Creator
- National Air and Space Museum
- Description
- Naval Aviator, Astronaut, Businessman (1948-2014) Dale Gardner was one of only six Space Shuttle astronauts to fly the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) propulsion backpack. On Discovery’s STS-51A mission in November 1984, he flew untethered to capture the errant Westar 6 communications satellite and steer it back into the orbiter for return to Earth. His crewmate ...Continue Reading
- Published Date
- Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:15:10 +0000
- Type
- Blog posts
- Smithsonian staff publications
- Blog posts
- National Air and Space Museum
- Topic
- Aircraft
- Flight
- Space
- Record ID
- posts_87dfe159379219f4dad55cce2293797d
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