STS-61-B
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Mission dates | |||
Mission: | STS-61-B | ||
COSPAR-ID : | 1985-109A | ||
Crew: | 7th | ||
Begin: | November 27, 1985, 12:29:00 AM UTC | ||
Starting place: | Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A | ||
Landing: | December 3, 1985, 21:33:49 UTC | ||
Landing place: | Edwards Air Force Base , Runway 22 | ||
Flight duration: | 6d 21h 04m 49s | ||
Earth orbits: | 109 | ||
Track height: | 417 km | ||
Orbit inclination : | 28.5 ° | ||
Covered track: | 4.57 million km | ||
Payload: | MORELOS-B , AUSSAT-2 and SATCOM KU-2 | ||
Team photo | |||
![]() v. l. No. Front: Bryan O'Connor, Brewster Shaw Back: Charles Walker, Jerry Ross, Mary Cleave, Sherwood Spring, Rodolpho Neri Vela |
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STS-61-B ( English S pace T ransportation S ystem ) is a mission designation for the US Space Shuttle Atlantis ( OV -104) of NASA . The launch took place on November 27, 1985. It was the 23rd space shuttle mission and the second flight of the space shuttle Atlantis.
team
Main team
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Brewster Shaw (2nd spaceflight), commander
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Bryan O'Connor (1st spaceflight), pilot
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Mary Cleave (1st spaceflight), mission specialist
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Sherwood Spring (1st spaceflight), mission specialist
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Jerry Ross (1st spaceflight), mission specialist
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Rodolfo Neri Vela (1st space flight), Payload Specialist Mexico
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Charles Walker (3rd Spaceflight), Payload Specialist, McDonnell Douglas
replacement
- Ricardo Peralgta y Fabi for Neri Vela
- Robert Wood for Walker
Mission overview
The start of the mission took place without any delay, the second time it started at night.
As part of the mission, three communications satellites were placed in orbit: MORELOS-B (Mexico), AUSSAT-2 (Australia) and SATCOM KU-2 . Another main goal were attempts to assemble construction elements in free space with a view to building the International Space Station ISS . This required two space missions totaling twelve hours and ten minutes. The IMAX camera was also carried on this mission .
The landing occurred one orbit earlier than planned at Edwards AFB in California. The shortening of the mission was decided at short notice due to the storm situation in the landing area; In addition, the space shuttle touched down on the concrete runway because the normally used natural runway in the dry lake was too wet. Atlantis was transported back to Cape Canaveral , Florida four days later by special aircraft.
See also
Web links
- NASA Mission overview (English)
- Video summary with comments of the crew (English)
- STS-61-B in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)