Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-61-B

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.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis


Serial OV-104

Launch Crew Count 7

Status Retired

Landing Time 1985-12-03T21:33:00+0000


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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


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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.

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