launched fromUSA
STS-61-A
Success
OCT 30198517:00:00 UTCLargest crew on a spaceflight.
Third flight of Spacelab.
Spacelab-D1 microgravity experiments.
Mission funded by West Germany.
Last successful mission of Challenger.
First Dutchman in space, Wubbo Ockels.
LIFTOFF
OCT 30 198517:00:00 UTC
Success
launched fromLC-39Kennedy
aboardSpace Shuttle ChallengerSTS-61-AintoLEO
Crew · 8
- 01Henry W. Hartsfield Jr.fromUSA
- 02Steven R. NagelfromUSA
- 03Bonnie J. DunbarfromUSA
- 04James F. BuchlifromUSA
- 05Guion S. Bluford Jr.fromUSA
- 06Reinhard FurrerfromGermany
- 07Ernst MesserschmidfromGermany
- 08Wubbo OckelsfromNetherlands