. "DLR"@en . . "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."@en . "ESA"@en . . "5460.0"^^ . "gee"@en . "Steven R. Nagel 8 px|Member of Blue Team"@en . "Back L-R: Nagel, Bluford, Messerschmid, Ockels"@en . "Second"@en . . "Astronaut"@en . "Ernst Messerschmid 8 px|Member of Red Team"@en . . "1985"^^ . "Challenger during the launch of STS-61A"@en . "Reinhard Furrer 8 px|Member of Blue Team"@en . . . . . . "Payload Specialist 3"@en . . . . . "Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr. 8 px|Member of Blue Team"@en . "Commander"@en . "Guion S. Bluford 8 px|Member of Red Team"@en . . "Second"@en . . "607491.0"^^ . "Third"@en . "Mission Specialist 2"@en . "Only"@en . "Payload Specialist 2"@en . "112"^^ . . . "Second"@en . . . "Mission Specialist 1"@en . . "Only"@en . "Payload Specialist 1"@en . "--11-06"^^ . "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."@en . "Front L-R: Furrer, Dunbar, Buchli, Hartsfield"@en . . . . "First"@en . . "Only"@en . "STS-61-A_crew.jpg"@en . . . "STS-61-a-patch.png"@en . . "DLR"@en . . "Second"@en . . "Bonnie J. Dunbar 8 px|Member of Blue Team"@en . "STS-61-A"@en . "16230"^^ . "57"^^ . "James F. Buchli 8 px|Member of Red Team"@en . "Pilot"@en . . . "Microgravity research"@en . . . . . . . "Wubbo Ockels 8 px|Member of Blue Team"@en . "8"^^ . . . . . "--10-30"^^ . . "Edwards Runway 17"@en . "Mission Specialist 3"@en . . "Ulf Merbold 8 px|Member of Blue Team"@en . "STS-61-A"@en . . .