Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-61-C
Lockheed Space Operations Company · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Lockheed Space Operations Company's 15th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 3,032nd orbital launch attempt
January 12, 1986Add to calendar
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 12, 11:55 – Jan 12, 11:55 UTC
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STS-61-C
STS-61-C was the twenty-fourth mission of the shuttle program and the seventh of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission included the second African-American shuttle pilot, future NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, the first Costa Rican born astronaut and the second sitting politican to fly in space: Bill Nelson.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Steven HawleyMission Specialist · NASA
Robert L. GibsonCommander · NASA
George NelsonMission Specialist · NASA
Charles BoldenPilot · NASA
Franklin Chang DíazMission Specialist · NASA
Bill NelsonPayload Specialist · NASA
Robert J. CenkerPayload Specialist · NASA
Booster
No booster details available.
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- Space Shuttle STS-61C Launch (www.shuttlesource.com) — shuttlenow
