This is insane
Here's Gardner holding a "for sale" sign after retrieving Palapa B2 and Westar 6 in a badass photo taken by Joe Allen 
Gardner rehearsing control of his maneuvering unit at the Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center
Some more NASA photos of Gardner fetching the spinning Westar VI satellite over Bahama Banks. Dr. Anna Lee Fisher is in Discovery's cabin controlling the remote manipulator system, seen on the right in the first photo.
Definitely spent too much time hunting down a downloadable version of this. Here's part of a press conference with the STS-51A crew discussing the operation.
"The satellite originally was rotating at 50 revs per minute but was slowed down by ground controllers" over prior weeks
"The satellite originally was rotating at 50 revs per minute but was slowed down by ground controllers" over prior weeks
"The MMU pilot could then maneuver the satellite, turn it wherever we wanted it, in such a way that Anna could grab the grapple fixture."
"It worked just like it did in the simulator."
"It worked just like it did in the simulator."
"We had to several times after flight day 7, with both of them in the bay, go up to the windows and just look back to make sure both of the satellites were there. There were times when none of the five of us really believed that we actually pulled it off."
Ok last one: Zero-G M&Ms during spacewalk prep
"That's how the crew was rewarded when we did something properly — Rick would release another handful."
"That's how the crew was rewarded when we did something properly — Rick would release another handful."
