Launch of Space Shuttle Mission STS-61-A

Wednesday October 30, 1985

38 years ago

STS-61-A mission patch

Commander Henry W. Hartsfield Jr.

Pilot Steven R. Nagel

RMS Specialist Bonnie J. Dunbar

Flight Engineer James Buchli

(Science) Mission Specialist Guion Bluford

Payload Specialist 1 Reinhard Furrer

Payload Commander Ernst Messerschmid

Payload Specialist 2 Wubbo Ockels

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