STS-61A

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/STS-61A
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Henry_W._Hartsfield_Jr.
gptkbp:crew 8
gptkbp:distance 4,700,000 km
gptkbp:duration 7 days, 0 hours, 44 minutes
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:STS-61B
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label STS-61A
gptkbp:landingDate gptkb:Edwards_Air_Force_Base
1985-11-06
gptkbp:launchDate 1985-10-30
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center_LC-39A
gptkbp:missionNumber 22
gptkbp:missionPatch STS-61A mission patch
gptkbp:missionSpecialist gptkb:James_F._Buchli
gptkb:Bonnie_J._Dunbar
gptkb:Reinhard_Furrer
gptkb:Guion_Bluford
gptkb:Ernst_Messerschmid
gptkb:Wubbo_Ockels
gptkbp:missionType gptkb:Spacelab_D-1
gptkbp:notableFor First spaceflight controlled from outside the US (German control)
Largest crew on a single spacecraft
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitsCompleted 111
gptkbp:payload gptkb:Spacelab_D-1
gptkbp:pilot gptkb:Steven_R._Nagel
gptkbp:precededBy STS-51J
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:Space_Shuttle_Challenger
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:STS-61B
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7