Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-L
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No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.January 28, 1986Add to calendar
Lockheed Space Operations Company's 16th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 3,039th orbital launch attempt
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Window: Jan 28, 16:38 – Jan 28, 16:38 UTC
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STS-51-L
The tenth mission for Challenger, STS-51-L was scheduled to deploy the second in a series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, carry out the first flight of the Shuttle-Pointed Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN-203) / Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable in order to observe Halley's Comet, and carry out several lessons from space as part of the Teacher in Space Project and Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP).
Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Dick ScobeeCommander · NASA
Ronald McNairMission Specialist · NASA
Ellison OnizukaMission Specialist · NASA
Judith ResnikMission Specialist · NASA
Michael J. SmithPilot · NASA
Gregory JarvisPayload Specialist · HAC
Christa McAuliffePayload Specialist · NASA
Booster
No booster details available.
