LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sun Jan 12 1986
Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-61-C
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
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MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 39A