Bidspirit auction | NASA Astronaut Gary Payton STS-51C

NASA Astronaut Gary Payton STS-51C Enterprise on Display FDC at Open House Edwards AFB 21 Sept 1981 Space Envelope. Payton flew on the STS-51-C mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1985 which launched and returned to land at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. STS-51C was the first dedicated Space Shuttle Department of Defense mission. The mission carried an Inertial Upper Stage and deployed a DoD satellite. This was the first shuttle mission that most on-orbit details were classified and not publicized. Payton travelled over 1.2 million miles in 48 Earth orbits, and logged more than 73 hours in space. Good condition. Part of Single Vendor collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide.