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 from LC-39 Kennedy
aboard Space Shuttle Challenger STS-61-A into LEO
Crew · 8
- 01 Henry W. Hartsfield Jr. from USA
- 02 Steven R. Nagel from USA
- 03 Bonnie J. Dunbar from USA
- 04 James F. Buchli from USA
- 05 Guion S. Bluford Jr. from USA
- 06 Reinhard Furrer from Germany
- 07 Ernst Messerschmid from Germany
- 08 Wubbo Ockels from Netherlands