Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-61-C
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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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.
Space Shuttle Columbia
Serial OV-102
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1986-01-18T13:58:00+0000
Crew
Robert L. Gibson
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-10-30
Status Retired
Type Government
Charles Bolden
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-08-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Bill Nelson
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1942-09-29
Status Retired
Type Non-Astronaut Passenger
Franklin Chang Díaz
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-04-05
Status Retired
Type Government
George Nelson
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-07-13
Status Retired
Type Government
Robert J. Cenker
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1948-11-05
Status Retired
Type Payload Specialist
Steven Hawley
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-12-12
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.
