Lind waited 19 years to launch into space and flew only once.
NASA astronaut Don Lind observes crystals being grown on board the Spacelab 3 science module during space shuttle Challenger's STS-51B mission in 1985.
Instead of going to the moon himself, Lind worked on planning the lunar surface operations for the astronauts who did. He tested the"I don't say this boasting, but I knew more about what Neil [Armstrong] and Buzz [Aldrin] were supposed to do on the first mission and Pete [Conrad] and Al [Bean] were supposed to do on the second mission than they did," said Lind.
Lind's chance to be on the other side of the line came more than a decade after the last astronaut stepped off the moon. The mission also marked the second flight of the European-built Spacelab laboratory module and the first to carry a full complement of science experiments — including the first animal test subjects.
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