Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-61-C

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.

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Space Shuttle Columbia


Serial OV-102

Launch Crew Count 7

Status Destroyed

Landing Time 1986-01-18T13:58:00+0000


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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


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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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