STS-51-G was the 18th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the fifth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. The seven-day mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 17, 1985, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on June 24. Sultan bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia was on board as a payload specialist; Al Saud became the first Arab, the first Muslim, and the first member of a royal family to fly into space. It was also the first Space Shuttle mission which flew without at least one astronaut from the pre-Shuttle era among its crew.
STS-61-B was NASA's 23rd Space Shuttle mission, and its second using Space Shuttle Atlantis. The shuttle was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 26 November 1985. During STS-61-B, the shuttle crew deployed three communications satellites, and tested techniques of constructing structures in orbit. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 16:33 EST on 3 December 1985, after 6 days and 21 hours in orbit.
PAS-22, previously known as AsiaSat 3 and then HGS-1, was a geosynchronous communications satellite, which was salvaged from an unusable geosynchronous transfer orbit by means of the Moon's gravity.
Eloy Fernando Fritsch is an electronic musician, keyboard player and main composer of Brazilian progressive rock band Apocalypse. As a solo artist he creates cosmic new-age music.
Jürgen Rosenthal is a German rock drummer. He was a member of Uli Jon Roth's band Dawn Road, but became a member of the Scorpions, along with Roth and Francis Buchholz, when Dawn Road was annexed into a lineup with Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker. He appeared on one album, Fly to the Rainbow, before having to leave to do his compulsory service with the Army. He later appeared in Eloy, and wrote the lyrics for their successful 1977 album Ocean. He also wrote the lyrics to another successful album Dawn.
Apocalypse is a progressive rock band from Brazil that plays symphonic rock with strong electronic keyboard orientation.
Mythology is an album by new age artist Eloy Fritsch.
Behind the Walls of Imagination is the second album by new age artist Eloy Fritsch, known for his work in progressive rock group Apocalypse.
Perto do Amanhecer is the second studio album by Brazilian progressive rock group Apocalypse. The compositions are in the symphonic prog rock way with influences of progressive British bands such as Yes, Marillion, IQ, Genesis and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Keyboardist Eloy Fritsch's Minimoog solos and synthesizers are present on all tracks of this CD. The album has some classical moments and even hard rock passages. The lyrics are in Portuguese and deal with several themes, such as existentialism, nature, science fiction, and mysticism. Musea invited the band to perform at a compilation, which came later as Le Melleur du Progressif Instrumental. This CD was edited in the end of 1995 with several European bands and Apocalypse representing Brazil with the song "Notre Dame".
Cyberspace is the fourth album by the composer Eloy Fritsch.
Jean-Claude Éloy is a French composer of instrumental, vocal and electroacoustic music.
Space music is music that facilitates the experience of contemplative spaciousness.
Cyberspace is a term for virtual reality coined by William Gibson.
Apocalypse is the self-titled debut album by the Brazilian progressive rock band founded by Eloy Fritsch and friends to participate in a student festival in 1983, though with a different lineup. The trio of musicians signed with Acit Records in 1990 and traveled to Porto Alegre to record their first release. The material on Apocalypse was written mostly by keyboardist Fritsch. Fritsch's songs were generally longer and more elaborate and featured mystical lyrics which reflected his interest in Science Fiction, Cosmos and Nature. At the time of their first self-titled LP release, they interrupted the traffic in their town's main street and gave a concert for over 2.000 people.
Eloy Gila Marín, known simply as Eloy, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UE Cornellà as a forward.
The Best of Apocalypse is an album by the Brazilian rock band Apocalypse.
Magic Spells is the third live album from the Brazilian progressive rock band Apocalypse released on Financiarte label. The album is part of the Apocalypse 25th Anniversary Box Set and was recorded during the Apocalypse tour.
2012 Light Years from Home is the seventh studio release by Brazilian progressive rock Apocalypse.
The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre – Part I is the eighteenth studio album by German progressive rock band Eloy. It was released in 2017 through Artist Station Records, reaching No. 22 on the German charts and No. 46 on the Swiss charts in its first week.
Dreams is an album by Brazilian composer Eloy Fritsch.
