Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-61-A
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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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.
Space Shuttle Challenger
Serial OV-099
Launch Crew Count 8
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1985-11-06T17:44:00+0000
Crew
Henry 'Hank' Hartsfield
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1933-11-21
Deceased 2014-07-14
Status Deceased
Type Government
Steven R. Nagel
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-10-27
Deceased 2014-08-21
Status Deceased
Type Government
Bonnie J. Dunbar
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-03-03
Status Retired
Type Government
Ernst Messerschmid
Payload Specialist
Nationality German
Date Of Birth 1945-05-21
Status Retired
Type Government
Guion Bluford
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1942-11-22
Status Retired
Type Government
James Buchli
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1945-06-20
Status Retired
Type Government
Reinhard Furrer
Payload Specialist
Nationality German
Date Of Birth 1940-11-25
Deceased 1995-09-09
Status Deceased
Type Government
Wubbo Ockels
Payload Specialist
Nationality Dutch
Date Of Birth 1946-03-28
Deceased 2014-05-18
Status Deceased
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.
