SPACE  SHUTTLE

CHALLENGER
(STA-099 / OV-99)

MISSION
LAUNCH-LANDING
(mm/dd/yy)
FLIGHT NUMBER

P A T C H E S

C R E W

LENGTH
MISSION
(days)

ORBITS
(number)

MAIN
PAYLOAD

51-L
1/28/86 -
25"

Francis R. Scobee, CDR
Michael J. Smith, PLT
Judith A. Resnik, MS
Ellison S. Onizuka, MS
Ronald E. McNair, MS
Gregory B. Jarvis, PS
Sharon C. McAuliffe, PS

-

-

LOSS OF VEHICLE
AND CREW
OF SEVEN

61-A
10/30/85 - 11/6/85
22"

Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr, CDR
Steven R. Nagel, PLT
James F. Buchli, MS
Guion S. Bluford, Jr, MS
Bonnie J. Dunbar, MS
Reinhard Furrer, PS
Ernst Messerschmid, PS
Wubbo J. Ockeis, PS

7.03

111

1st German Spacelab
mission (D1)

51-F
7/29/85 - 8/6/85
19"

Gordon Fullerton, CDR
Roy D. Bridges, PLT
F. Story Musgrave, MS
Anthony W. England, MS
Carl G. Henize, MS
Loren W. Acton, PS
John-David F. Bartoe, PS

7.94

126

Spacelab 2

51-B
4/29/85 - 5/6/85
17"

Robert F. Overmyer, CDR
Frederick D. Gregory, PLT
Don L. Lind, MS
Norman E. Thagard, MS
William E. Thornton, MS
Lodewijk van den Berg, PS
Taylor G. Wang, PS

7

110

Spacelab 3

41-G
10/5/84 - 10/13/84
13"

Robert L. Crippen, CDR
Jon A. McBride, PLT
Kathryn D. Sullivan, MS
Sally K. Ride, MS
David C. Leestma, MS
Marc Garneau, PS
Paul D. Scully-Power; PS

8.23

132

Environmental satellite
ERBS

41-C
4/6/84 - 4/13/84
11"

Robert L. Crippen, CDR
Francis R. Scobee, PLT
George D. Nelson, MS
James D. A. van Hoften, MS
Terry J. Hart, MS

6.96

107

1st repair in Space
(SMM),
LDEF
deployment

41-B
2/3/84 - 2/11/84
10"

Vance D. Brand, CDR
Robert L. Gibson, PLT
Bruce McCandless, MS
Ronald E. McNair, MS
Robert L. Stewart, MS

7.96

127

2 Comsats,
first EVA testing
of MMU jetpack

STS-8
8/30/83 - 9/5/83
8"

Richard H. Truly, CDR
Daniel C. Brandenstein, PLT
Dale A. Gardner, MS
Guion S. Bluford, Jr, MS
William E. Thornton, MS

6.04

97

1 Communications
satellite

STS-7
6/18/83 - 6/24/83
7"

Robert L. Crippen, CDR
Frederick H. Hauck, PLT
John M. Fabian, MS
Sally K. Ride, MS
Norman E. Thagard, MS

6.13

97

2 COMSATs,
German platform
SPAS-1

STS-6
4/4/83 - 4/9/83
6"

Paul J. Weitz, CDR
Karol J. Bobko, PLT
Donald H. Peterson, MS
F. Story Musgrave, MS

5.04

80

Tracking & Data
Relais Satellite (TDRS),
First EVA