1986 · Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-61-C
successSpace Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-61-C
STS-61-C was the twenty-fourth mission of the shuttle program and the seventh of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission included the second African-American shuttle pilot, future NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, the first Costa Rican born astronaut and the second sitting politican to fly in space: Bill Nelson.
Overview
- Date / time
- January 12, 1986 at 11:55 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A
- Mission
- STS-61-C
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit