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STS-61-A

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time30 Oct 198517:00 UTC

success

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: STS-61-A

Largest 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.

Space ShuttleChallenger

launched from Kennedy Space Center, LC-39USA