Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-61-C

STS-61-C was the twenty-fourth mission of the shuttle program and the seventh of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission included the second African-American shuttle pilot, future NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, the first Costa Rican born astronaut and the second sitting politican to fly in space: Bill Nelson.

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.

• Space Shuttle

  Human Spaceflight
  The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
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• Robert L. Gibson
  Commander
• Charles Bolden
  Pilot
• Bill Nelson
  Payload Specialist
• Robert J. Cenker
  Payload Specialist
• George Nelson
  Mission Specialist
• Steven Hawley
  Mission Specialist
• Franklin Chang Díaz
  Mission Specialist

• Space Shuttle Columbia

  Spaceplane
  Low Earth Orbit

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