STS-61-M was a proposed NASA Space Shuttle program mission, planned for July 1986 but canceled following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L).
Payload was to have been TDRS-D of the U.S. tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) satellites.
Primary Crew
Position | Astronaut | |
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Commander | Loren J. Shriver Would have been second spaceflight | |
Pilot | Bryan D. O'Connor Would have been second spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | Mark C. Lee Would have been first spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | Sally K. Ride Would have been third spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 3 | William F. Fisher Would have been second spaceflight | |
Payload Specialist 1 | Robert Wood Would have been first spaceflight |
Backup Crew
Position | Astronaut | |
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Payload Specialist 1 | Charles D. Walker Would have been fourth spaceflight |