STS-61-M

STS-61-M

Mission type	Satellite deployment
Operator	NASA
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Challenger
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Loren Shriver Bryan O'Connor Mark C. Lee Sally Ride William Fisher Robert Wood
Start of mission
Launch date	22 July 1986 Not launched
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39A
Payload
TDRS-D

STS-61-M was a proposed Space Shuttle mission, planned for July 1986 but canceled following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L).

Payload was to have been one of the TDRS satellites.

Primary Crew

Position	Astronaut
Commander	Loren J. Shriver Second spaceflight
Pilot	Bryan D. O'Connor Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	Mark C. Lee First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2	Sally K. Ride Third spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3	William F. Fisher Second spaceflight
Payload Specialist 1	Robert J. Wood First spaceflight

Backup Crew

Position	Astronaut
Payload Specialist 1	Charlie Walker Fourth spaceflight

See also

• Cancelled Shuttle missions
• STS-144
• STS-61-H