Suborbital Spaceflights

STS-51L

Challenger (10)

USA

 Patch STS-51L

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Launch and landing data

Launch date:  28.01.1986
Launch time:  16:38 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-B
Altitude:  19 km
Inclination:  28,5° (planned)

walkout photo

 Crew STS-51L

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Duration
1 USA  Scobee  Francis Richard "Dick"  CDR 73sec 
2 USA  Smith  Michael John  PLT 73sec 
3 USA  Onizuka  Ellison Shoji  MSP 73sec 
4 USA  Resnik  Judith Arlene "J.R."  MSP 73sec 
5 USA  McNair  Ronald Erwin  MSE 73sec 
6 USA  Jarvis  Gregory Bruce  PSP 73sec 
7 USA  McAuliffe  Sharon Christa Corrigan  PSP 73sec 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Scobee
2  Smith
3  Onizuka
4  Resnik
5  McNair
6  McAuliffe
7  Jarvis
Space Shuttle cockpit

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
6 USA  Butterworth  Louis William  PSP
7 USA  Morgan  Barbara Radding "Barby"  PSP

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); explosion 73 seconds after liftoff; crew was killed.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle STS-51L on launch pad
STS-51L launch Challenger explosion
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Last update on March 22, 2009.

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