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The mission carried the NASA/ESA Spacelab module into orbit with 76 scientific experiments on board, and was declared a success. Payload operations were controlled from the German Space Operations Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, West Germany, instead of from the regular NASA control centers.

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  • STS-61-A
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  • The mission carried the NASA/ESA Spacelab module into orbit with 76 scientific experiments on board, and was declared a success. Payload operations were controlled from the German Space Operations Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, West Germany, instead of from the regular NASA control centers.
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agency8 up
  • ESA
crew8 up
  • Ulf Merbold 8 px|Member of Blue Team
  • Wubbo Ockels 8 px|Member of Blue Team
COSPAR ID
  • 1985(xsd:integer)
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crew6 up
  • Reinhard Furrer 8 px|Member of Blue Team
agency7 up
  • DLR
crew4 up
  • James F. Buchli 8 px|Member of Red Team
flights8 up
  • Only
  • Second
Previous Mission
crew size
  • 8(xsd:integer)
landing date
  • --11-06
flights1 up
  • Third
SATCAT
  • 16230(xsd:integer)
Mission Duration
  • 607491.0
crew photo caption
  • Back L-R: Nagel, Bluford, Messerschmid, Ockels
  • Front L-R: Furrer, Dunbar, Buchli, Hartsfield
crew7 up
  • Ernst Messerschmid 8 px|Member of Red Team
Name
  • STS-61-A
crew1 up
  • Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr. 8 px|Member of Blue Team
crew3 up
  • Bonnie J. Dunbar 8 px|Member of Blue Team
terminology
  • Astronaut
Insignia
  • STS-61-a-patch.png
Image caption
  • Challenger during the launch of STS-61A
crew photo
  • STS-61-A_crew.jpg
orbit period
  • 5460.0
orbit inclination
  • 57(xsd:integer)
crew2 up
  • Steven R. Nagel 8 px|Member of Blue Team
Operator
agency6 up
  • DLR
flights3 up
  • First
launch site
crew5 up
  • Guion S. Bluford 8 px|Member of Red Team
Mission Type
  • Microgravity research
flights2 up
  • Second
landing site
  • Edwards Runway 17
apsis
  • gee
orbit regime
Programme
Launch date
  • --10-30
flights4 up
  • Second
flights7 up
  • Only
crew members
Position
  • Pilot
  • Commander
  • Mission Specialist 1
  • Mission Specialist 2
  • Payload Specialist 1
  • Payload Specialist 2
  • Mission Specialist 3
  • Payload Specialist 3
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  • Only
orbits completed
  • 112(xsd:integer)
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  • Second
Next Mission
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abstract
  • The mission carried the NASA/ESA Spacelab module into orbit with 76 scientific experiments on board, and was declared a success. Payload operations were controlled from the German Space Operations Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, West Germany, instead of from the regular NASA control centers.
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