Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-61-A
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No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.October 30, 1985Add to calendar
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Lockheed Space Operations Company's 13th launch · 8th this year · humanity's 3,012th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Oct 30, 17:00 – Oct 30, 17:00 UTC
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STS-61-A
STS-61-A was the twenty-second space shuttle flight and ninth for Space Shuttle Challenger. It was a scientific spacelab mission funded entirely by West Germany. The payload operations were controlled from the German Space Operations Center as opposed to the regular NASA centers.
· Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Reinhard FurrerPayload Specialist · DLR
Henry 'Hank' HartsfieldCommander · NASA
Ernst MesserschmidPayload Specialist · DLR
Wubbo OckelsPayload Specialist · ESA
Steven R. NagelPilot · NASA
Guion BlufordMission Specialist · NASA
James BuchliMission Specialist · NASA
Bonnie J. DunbarMission Specialist · NASA
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- CNN Coverage of The STS-61-A Launch — zellco321
