STS-61-E

Mission duration

8 days, 22 hours, 2 minutes

Spacecraft properties

Spacecraft

Space Shuttle Columbia

Crew

Crew size

Members

Jon McBride
Richard N. Richards
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
David Leestma
Robert A. Parker
Samuel T. Durrance
Ronald A. Parise

Start of mission

Launch date

6 March 1986, 10:45 UTC

Launch site

Kennedy LC-39B

End of mission

Landing date

15 March 1986, 08:47 UTC

Landing site

Kennedy Runway 15

Orbital parameters

Inclination

28.5 degrees

Back row, L-R: Durrance, Parker, Hoffman, Parise. Front row, L-R: Richards, McBride, Leestma

Space Shuttle program
← STS-51-L	STS-61-F →

STS-61-E was a United States Space Shuttle mission planned to launch on March 6, 1986 using Columbia. It was cancelled after the Challenger disaster.

Crew

Position	Astronaut
Commander	Jon A. McBride Second spaceflight
Pilot	Richard N. Richards First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	Jeffrey A. Hoffman Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2	David C. Leestma Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3	Robert A. Parker Second spaceflight
Payload Specialist 1	Samuel T. Durrance First spaceflight
Payload Specialist 2	Ronald A. Parise First spaceflight

Mission objectives

Columbia was to carry the ASTRO-1 observatory, which would be used to make astronomical observations including observations of Comet Halley. ASTRO-1 consisted of three ultraviolet telescopes mounted on two Spacelab pallets, controlled by the Instrument Pointing System which was first tested on STS-51-F.^[1]

After the Challenger disaster, the flight was remanifested as STS-35 and several crew members were replaced. Both Richards and Leestma were reassigned to STS-28 while McBride left NASA in 1989. Vance Brand replaced McBride as the commander while Guy Gardner and Mike Lounge replaced Richards and Leestma, respectively.

References

↑ Evans, Ben (2005). Space Shuttle Columbia: Her Missions and Crews. Springer Science + Business Media. p. 99. ISBN 0-387-21517-4.

Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102)

Flights	STS-1 STS-2 STS-3 STS-4 STS-5 STS-9 STS-61-C STS-28 STS-32 STS-35 STS-40 STS-50 STS-52 STS-55 STS-58 STS-62 STS-65 STS-73 STS-75 STS-78 STS-80 STS-83 STS-94 STS-87 STS-90 STS-93 STS-109 STS-107

Status	Out of service: destroyed 1 February 2003 (STS-107)

See also	Columbia Accident Investigation Board STS-61-E STS-61-H STS-144

U.S. Space Shuttle missions

Completed

1970–79	1977 ALT

1980–89	1981 STS-1 STS-2 1982 STS-3 STS-4 STS-5 1983 STS-6 STS-7 STS-8 STS-9 1984 STS-41-B STS-41-C STS-41-D STS-41-G STS-51-A 1985 STS-51-C STS-51-D STS-51-B STS-51-G STS-51-F STS-51-I STS-51-J STS-61-A STS-61-B 1986 STS-61-C STS-51-L 1988 STS-26 STS-27 1989 STS-29 STS-30 STS-28 STS-34 STS-33

1990–99	1990 STS-32 STS-36 STS-31 STS-41 STS-38 STS-35 1991 STS-37 STS-39 STS-40 STS-43 STS-48 STS-44 1992 STS-42 STS-45 STS-49 STS-50 STS-46 STS-47 STS-52 STS-53 1993 STS-54 STS-56 STS-55 STS-57 STS-51 STS-58 STS-61 1994 STS-60 STS-62 STS-59 STS-65 STS-64 STS-68 STS-66 1995 STS-63 STS-67 STS-71 STS-70 STS-69 STS-73 STS-74 1996 STS-72 STS-75 STS-76 STS-77 STS-78 STS-79 STS-80 1997 STS-81 STS-82 STS-83 STS-84 STS-94 STS-85 STS-86 STS-87 1998 STS-89 STS-90 STS-91 STS-95 STS-88 1999 STS-96 STS-93 STS-103

2000–09	2000 STS-99 STS-101 STS-106 STS-92 STS-97 2001 STS-98 STS-102 STS-100 STS-104 STS-105 STS-108 2002 STS-109 STS-110 STS-111 STS-112 STS-113 2003 STS-107 2005 STS-114 2006 STS-121 STS-115 STS-116 2007 STS-117 STS-118 STS-120 2008 STS-122 STS-123 STS-124 STS-126 2009 STS-119 STS-125 STS-127 STS-128 STS-129

2010–11	2010 STS-130 STS-131 STS-132 2011 STS-133 STS-134 STS-135

Cancelled

Orbiters

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STS-61-E

Crew

Mission objectives

See also

References