STS-61-J
The crew of the mission STS-31, Charles F. Bolden Jr., Steven A. Hawley, Loren J. Shriver, Bruce McCandless II, Kathryn D. Sullivan | |
| Names | Space Transportation System |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Hubble Space Telescope deployment |
| Operator | NASA |
| Mission duration | 5 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis (planned) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 5 (planned) |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | August 1986 (planned) |
| Rocket | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39 |
| Contractor | Rockwell International |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit (planned) |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 613 km (381 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 615 km (382 mi) |
| Inclination | 28.45° |
| Period | 96.70 minutes |
Space Shuttle patch Cancelled Shuttle missions | |
STS-61-J was a canceled launch of NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis, planned for August 1986 to launch the Hubble Space Telescope. It was canceled due to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster earlier in the year. The crew members were to be John W. Young, Charles F. Bolden Jr., Bruce McCandless II, Steven A. Hawley, and Kathryn D. Sullivan. All of the crew members except John Young, who was reassigned to an administrative position, later flew on the STS-31 mission. Young was replaced by Loren J. Shriver for STS-31.