Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-L
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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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).
Space Shuttle Challenger
Serial OV-099
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1986-01-28T16:39:13+0000
Crew
Dick Scobee
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1939-05-19
Deceased 1986-01-28
Status Lost In Flight
Type Government
Michael J. Smith
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1945-04-30
Deceased 1986-01-28
Status Lost In Flight
Type Government
Christa McAuliffe
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1948-09-02
Deceased 1986-01-28
Status Lost In Flight
Type Government
Ellison Onizuka
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-06-24
Deceased 1986-01-28
Status Lost In Flight
Type Government
Gregory Jarvis
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1944-08-24
Deceased 1986-01-28
Status Lost In Flight
Type Government
Judith Resnik
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-04-05
Deceased 1986-01-28
Status Lost In Flight
Type Government
Ronald McNair
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-10-21
Deceased 1986-01-28
Status Lost In Flight
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.
