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STS-61-M

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STS-61-M
Spacecraft properties
Names	Space Transportation System

Mission type	TDRS-D satellite deployment (planned)
Operator	NASA


Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Challenger (planned)


Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Loren J. Shriver Bryan D. O'Connor Mark C. Lee Sally K. Ride William Frederick Fisher Robert Wood


Start of mission
Launch date	July 22, 1986 (planned) Not launched
Rocket	Space Shuttle Challenger
Launch site	Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A
Contractor	Rockwell International


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit (planned)
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	285 km (177 mi)
Apogee altitude	295 km (183 mi)
Inclination	28.45°
Period	90.40 minutes

Space Shuttle patch Space Shuttle program ← STS-51-L (25) ← STS-62-A STS-26 → STS-61-J →

STS-61-M was a proposed NASA Space Shuttle program mission, planned for July 1986 but canceled following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L).

Payload was to have been TDRS-D of the U.S. tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) satellites.

Primary Crew[edit]


Position	Astronaut
Commander	Loren J. Shriver Would have been second spaceflight
Pilot	Bryan D. O'Connor Would have been second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	Mark C. Lee Would have been first spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2	Sally K. Ride Would have been third spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3	William F. Fisher Would have been second spaceflight
Payload Specialist 1	Robert Wood Would have been first spaceflight


Position	Astronaut
Payload Specialist 1	Charles D. Walker Would have been fourth spaceflight

Flights

Status

Out of service - Challenger disaster (destroyed) - January 28, 1986 (STS-51-L)

Completed
(crews)

1970s	1977 Approach and Landing Tests
1980s	1981 STS-1 STS-2 1982 STS-3 STS-4 STS-5 1983 STS-6 STS-7 STS-8 STS-9 1984 STS-41-B STS-41-C STS-41-D STS-41-G STS-51-A 1985 STS-51-C STS-51-D STS-51-B STS-51-G STS-51-F STS-51-I STS-51-J STS-61-A STS-61-B 1986 STS-61-C STS-51-L† 1988 STS-26 STS-27 1989 STS-29 STS-30 STS-28 STS-34 STS-33
1990s	1990 STS-32 STS-36 STS-31 STS-41 STS-38 STS-35 1991 STS-37 STS-39 STS-40 STS-43 STS-48 STS-44 1992 STS-42 STS-45 STS-49 STS-50 STS-46 STS-47 STS-52 STS-53 1993 STS-54 STS-56 STS-55 STS-57 STS-51 STS-58 STS-61 1994 STS-60 STS-62 STS-59 STS-65 STS-64 STS-68 STS-66 1995 STS-63 STS-67 STS-71 STS-70 STS-69 STS-73 STS-74 1996 STS-72 STS-75 STS-76 STS-77 STS-78 STS-79 STS-80 1997 STS-81 STS-82 STS-83 STS-84 STS-94 STS-85 STS-86 STS-87 1998 STS-89 STS-90 STS-91 STS-95 STS-88 1999 STS-96 STS-93 STS-103
2000s	2000 STS-99 STS-101 STS-106 STS-92 STS-97 2001 STS-98 STS-102 STS-100 STS-104 STS-105 STS-108 2002 STS-109 STS-110 STS-111 STS-112 STS-113 2003 STS-107† 2005 STS-114 2006 STS-121 STS-115 STS-116 2007 STS-117 STS-118 STS-120 2008 STS-122 STS-123 STS-124 STS-126 2009 STS-119 STS-125 STS-127 STS-128 STS-129
2010s	2010 STS-130 STS-131 STS-132 2011 STS-133 STS-134 STS-135