Cancelled spaceflight mission: STS-61I (original) (raw)

Cancelled Spaceflights

USA

Planning data Launch date (planned): September 1986 Crew No. Surname Given names Position 1 Williams Donald Edward CDR 2 Smith Michael John PLT 3 Dunbar Bonnie Jeanne MS 4 Carter Manley Lanier, Jr. "Sonny" MS 5 Bagian James Philipp MS 6 Bhat Nagapathi Chidambar PS

Backup Crew No. Surname Given names Position 6 Nair Paramaswaren Radhakrishnan PS

Mission objectives

Planned shuttleLDEF (Long Duration Exposure Facility) recovery mission. Should be the first Shuttle flight from an Indian astronaut. Would be carry the first American journalist in space. Cancelled afterChallenger disaster.

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