Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-61-B
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-61-B
STS-61-B was the twenty-third space shuttle mission and the second for the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The shuttle was launched for Kennedy Space Center and the shuttle deployed three communicates satellites. It also tested techniques for constructing structures in orbit. This mission marked the quickest turnaround of a shuttle, just 54 days elapsed beetween this launch and Atlantis' previous mission.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Serial OV-104
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Retired
Landing Time 1985-12-03T21:33:00+0000
Crew
Brewster H. Shaw
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1945-05-16
Status Retired
Type Government
Bryan D. O'Connor
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-09-06
Status Retired
Type Government
Charles D. Walker
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1948-08-29
Status Retired
Type Government
Jerry L. Ross
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1948-01-20
Status Retired
Type Government
Mary L. Cleave
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1947-02-05
Deceased 2023-11-27
Status Deceased
Type Government
Rodolfo Neri Vela
Payload Specialist
Nationality Mexican
Date Of Birth 1952-02-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Sherwood C. Spring
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1944-09-03
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
