Toys Aboard STS-51E

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Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Washington, DC, United States

The crew members of Space Shuttle flight STS-51D have agreed to demonstrate the behavior of simple toys on their mission in 1985. The pictured toys were carried aboard the Challenger as part of a study of physics in cooperation with the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences. The toys include a yo-yo, paddle ball, friction powered toy car, flipping mouse, top, ball and jacks, gyroscopes, Slinky, Wheelo. (NASA ID: S85-26822)

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Title: Toys Aboard STS-51E
Creator: NASA

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

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