STS-61C

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STS-61C
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Engineering,Human Crew
Launch date January 12, 1986 (1986-01-12)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1986-003A
Inclination 28.45 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names STS 24,16481
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 14705 kg
Payload Mass Down 9141.36 kg
Orbiter Columbia
Lift Off Mass 2,049,709.09 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 116,365.00 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 95,527.73 kg
Landed Concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Orbits of Earth 97
Orbital Altitude 185 nautical miles (212 statute miles)


Contents

Crew

  • Commander: Robert L. Gibson
  • Pilot: Charles F. Bolden Jr.
    • Payload Commander:
    • Mission Specialist 1: George D. Nelson
    • Mission Specialist 2: Steven A. Hawley
    • Mission Specialist 3: Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
    • Mission Specialist 4:
    • Mission Specialist 5:
    • Payload Specialist 1: Robert J. Cenker
    • Payload Specialist 2: Rep. Bill Nelson


ISS/Mir Crew Transport


Mission

STS 61-C was the seventh flight of the shuttle Columbia. On board were Robert Gibson, Charles Bolden, Franklin Chang-Diaz, George Nelson, Steven Hawley, Robert Cenker, and Congressman William Nelson. The SATCOM KU-1 communications satellite was deployed during this mission. Comet Halley Active Monitoring Program (CHAMP) experiment, a 35mm camera to photograph Comet Halley, did not function properly due to battery problems. Other payloads included: Materials Science Laboratory-2 (MSL-2); Hitchhiker G-1; Infrared Imaging Experiment (IR-IE); Initial Blood Storage Experiment (IBSE); Hand-held Protein Crystal Growth (HPCG) experiment; three Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP) experiments and 13 Get Away Specials (GAS), 12 of them mounted on a special GAS Bridge Assembly. The mission duration was 146 hours 3 minutes 51 seconds.


EVA

Payload

Deployed SATCOM (RCA-Satellite Communications) Ku-1 with Payload Assist Module (PAM)-D II; Materials Science Laboratory; Comet Halley Active Monitoring Experiment (CHAMP); Hitchhiker (HH) - Goddard (G)-1; thirteen getaway specials (GAS); student experiment; Initial Blood Storage Equipment (lBSE); Characterization of Space Motion Sickness (SMS)


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