STS-61-B
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Rocket Launch Video
Crew

Brewster H. Shaw
- Birthday: 05/16/1945
- Role: Commander
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/28/1983
- Last Flight: 08/08/1989
Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and former executive at Boeing. Shaw...

Bryan D. O'Connor
- Birthday: 09/06/1946
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/27/1985
- Last Flight: 06/05/1991
Bryan Daniel O'Connor is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA astronaut.

Rodolfo Neri Vela
- Birthday: 02/19/1952
- Role: Payload Specialist
- Nationality: Mexico
- First Flight: 11/27/1985
- Last Flight: 11/27/1985
Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 19 February 1952) is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission i...

Sherwood C. Spring
- Birthday: 09/03/1944
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/27/1985
- Last Flight: 11/27/1985
Sherwood Clark "Woody" Spring is a retired United States Army colonel and former NASA astronaut. Spring is married ...

Mary L. Cleave
- Birthday: 02/05/1947
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/27/1985
- Last Flight: 05/04/1989
Mary Louise Cleave was an American engineer and NASA astronaut. She also served from 2004 to 2007 as NASA Associate Administr...

Charles D. Walker
- Birthday: 08/29/1948
- Role: Payload Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/30/1984
- Last Flight: 11/27/1985
Charles David "Charlie" Walker (born August 29, 1948) is an American engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missi...

Jerry L. Ross
- Birthday: 01/20/1948
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/27/1985
- Last Flight: 04/08/2002
Jerry Lynn Ross is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of seven Space Shut...
Mission
STS-61-B
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
- Launch Cost: $450,000,000
STS-61-B was the twenty-third space shuttle mission and the second for the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The shuttle was launched for Kennedy Space Center and the shuttle deployed three communicates satellites. It also tested techniques for constructing structures in orbit. This mission marked the quickest turnaround of a shuttle, just 54 days elapsed beetween this launch and Atlantis' previous mission.
Location
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 208 rockets, including 207 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 rocket launches.
The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
Rocket
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.