| Name: Gardner, Dale | Country: USA | M/F: M | Number of Flights: 2 |
| Space Flights | Launch Date - Shuttle | Landing Date - Shuttle |
|---|---|---|
| 1. STS-8 | August 30, 1983 - Challenger | September 5, 1983 - Challenger |
| 2. STS-51A | November 8, 1984 - Discovery | November 16, 1984 - Discovery |
| Space Flights | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| 1. STS-8 | Deployed INSAT 1B for India |
| STS-41H (Cancelled) |
Planned space shuttle mission to deploy a military payload or a Tracking
and Data Relay Satellite Cancelled due to failure of the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) |
| 2. STS-51A | Deployed SYNCOM IV-1 (Leasat 1) and Telesat-H (Anik D-2) for TELESAT Canada Retrieved Westar VI and Palapa B-2 |
| STS-62A (Cancelled) |
Planned military space shuttle mission Cancelled after the Challenger disaster - Would have been the first space shuttle mission launched from SLC-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. |
| Spacewalks - 2 | ||
| Space Flights | Date & Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| STS-51A | November 12, 1984 | Retrieve Palapa B-2 satellite |
| 6 hours 0 minutes | ||
| STS-51A | November 14, 1984 | Retrieve Westar VI satellite |
| 5 hours 42 minutes | ||
| Return to Master List | American Astronauts | Spacewalkers |
| Two Spaceflights | Space Shuttle Program - 1983 / 1984 | |
Updated - February 1, 2005