Cancelled Spaceflights

STS-61J

USA

 Shuttle Project patch

Planning data

Launch date (planned):  August 1986

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
1 USA  Young  John Watts  CDR
2 USA  Bolden  Charles Frank, Jr. "Charlie"  PLT
3 USA  McCandless  Bruce II  MSP
4 USA  Hawley  Steven Alan  MSP
5 USA  Sullivan  Kathryn Dwyer  MSP

Mission objectives

Planned shuttle mission for deployment of Hubble space telescope. Cancelled after Challenger disaster.

Drawings

Space Shuttle Hubble
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Last update on July 11, 2011.

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