STS-61C
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| Organization | NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States) |
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| Mission type | Engineering,Human Crew |
| Launch date | January 12, 1986 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 1986-003A |
| Inclination | 28.45 degrees |
| Experiments | Here |
| Alternate Names | STS 24,16481 |
| Additional Information | Here |
| Data Collection | Here |
| Payload Mass Up | 14705 kg |
| Payload Mass Down | 9141.36 kg |
| Orbiter | Columbia |
| Lift Off Mass | 2,049,709.09 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Liftoff | 116,365.00 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Landing | 95,527.73 kg |
| Landed | Concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. |
| Orbits of Earth | 97 |
| Orbital Altitude | 185 nautical miles (212 statute miles) |
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Crew
- Commander: Robert L. Gibson
- Pilot: Charles F. Bolden Jr.
- Payload Commander:
- Mission Specialist 1: George D. Nelson
- Mission Specialist 2: Steven A. Hawley
- Mission Specialist 3: Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
- Mission Specialist 4:
- Mission Specialist 5:
- Payload Specialist 1: Robert J. Cenker
- Payload Specialist 2: Rep. Bill Nelson
ISS/Mir Crew Transport
Mission
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.
EVA
Payload
Deployed SATCOM (RCA-Satellite Communications) Ku-1 with Payload Assist Module (PAM)-D II; Materials Science Laboratory; Comet Halley Active Monitoring Experiment (CHAMP); Hitchhiker (HH) - Goddard (G)-1; thirteen getaway specials (GAS); student experiment; Initial Blood Storage Equipment (lBSE); Characterization of Space Motion Sickness (SMS)
Mission patch: 
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