STS-61C
From The Space Library
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| Organization | NASA-OfficeofSpaceFlight(UnitedStates) |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Engineering,Human Crew |
| Launch date | January 12, 1986 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 1986-003A |
| Experiments | Here |
| Alternate Names | STS 24,16481 |
| Additional Information | Here |
| Data Collection | Here |
| Payload Mass Up | 14705.0 kg |
STS 61-C was the seventh flight of the shuttle Columbia. On board were Robert Gibson, Charles Bolden, Franklin Chang-Diaz, George Nelson, Steven Hawley, Robert Cenker, and Congressman William Nelson. The SATCOM KU-1 communications satellite was deployed during this mission. Comet Halley Active Monitoring Program (CHAMP) experiment, a 35mm camera to photograph Comet Halley, did not function properly due to battery problems. Other payloads included: Materials Science Laboratory-2 (MSL-2); Hitchhiker G-1; Infrared Imaging Experiment (IR-IE); Initial Blood Storage Experiment (IBSE); Hand-held Protein Crystal Growth (HPCG) experiment; three Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP) experiments and 13 Get Away Specials (GAS), 12 of them mounted on a special GAS Bridge Assembly. The mission duration was 146 hours 3 minutes 51 seconds.
Mission patch: Image:Sts-61C-patch.jpg
