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Canceled 1986 American crewed spaceflight to the Hubble Space Telescope

STS-61-J
Spacecraft properties
The crew of the missionSTS-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	Space Shuttle Atlantis (planned)


Crew
Crew size	5 (planned)
Members	John Young Charles F. Bolden Jr. Bruce McCandless II Steven A. Hawley Kathryn D. Sullivan


Start of mission
Launch date	August 1986 (planned)
Rocket	Space ShuttleAtlantis
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 Space Shuttle program ← STS-51-L (25) STS-26 → Cancelled Shuttle missions ← STS-61-M STS-61-N →

STS-61-J was a canceled launch ofNASA Space ShuttleAtlantis, planned for August 1986 to launch theHubble Space Telescope.^[1]^[2] It was canceled due to theSpace ShuttleChallenger disaster earlier in the year.^[2]^[3] The crew members were to beJohn W. Young,Charles F. Bolden Jr.,Bruce McCandless II,Steven A. Hawley, andKathryn D. Sullivan. All of the crew members except John Young, who was reassigned to an administrative position, later flew on theSTS-31 mission. Young was replaced byLoren J. Shriver for STS-31.^[4]^[5]


Position	Astronaut
Commander	John W. Young Would have been seventh spaceflight
Pilot	Charles F. Bolden Jr. Would have been second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	Bruce McCandless II Would have been second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2	Steven A. Hawley Would have been third spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3	Kathryn D. Sullivan Would have been second spaceflight

^"STS-61-J".astronautix.com. Archived fromthe original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved30 January 2022.
^^a ^bGainor, Christopher (2020)."Not Yet Imagined - A study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations"(PDF). NASA. p. 432. Retrieved30 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
^Goodman, John L.; Walker, Stephen R. (4 February 2009)."Hubble Servicing Challenges Drive Innovation of Shuttle Rendezvous Techniques"(PDF). NASA. p. 3. Retrieved8 July 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
^Janson, Bette; NASA; Scientific and Technical Information Division (1 March 1988). Ritchie, Eleanor H.; Saegesser, Lee D. (eds.).Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1985: A Chronology(PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office,NASA. p. 282.Archived(PDF) from the original on 7 December 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
^"Spaceflight mission report: STS-31". SpaceFacts.

v t e Space ShuttleAtlantis (OV-104)
Completed flights	STS-51-J STS-61-B STS-27 STS-30 STS-34 STS-36 STS-38 STS-37 STS-43 STS-44 STS-45 STS-46 STS-66 STS-71 STS-74 STS-76 STS-79 STS-81 STS-84 STS-86 STS-101 STS-106 STS-98 STS-104 STS-110 STS-112 STS-115 STS-117 STS-122 STS-125 STS-129 STS-132 STS-135
Status	Retired
On display	Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex,Merritt Island, Florida

Completed
(crews)

1970s	1977 Approach and Landing Tests
1980s	1981 STS-1 STS-2 1982 STS-3 STS-4 STS-5 1983 STS-6 STS-7 STS-8 STS-9 1984 STS-41-B STS-41-C STS-41-D STS-41-G STS-51-A 1985 STS-51-C STS-51-D STS-51-B STS-51-G STS-51-F STS-51-I STS-51-J STS-61-A STS-61-B 1986 STS-61-C STS-51-L† 1988 STS-26 STS-27 1989 STS-29 STS-30 STS-28 STS-34 STS-33
1990s	1990 STS-32 STS-36 STS-31 STS-41 STS-38 STS-35 1991 STS-37 STS-39 STS-40 STS-43 STS-48 STS-44 1992 STS-42 STS-45 STS-49 STS-50 STS-46 STS-47 STS-52 STS-53 1993 STS-54 STS-56 STS-55 STS-57 STS-51 STS-58 STS-61 1994 STS-60 STS-62 STS-59 STS-65 STS-64 STS-68 STS-66 1995 STS-63 STS-67 STS-71 STS-70 STS-69 STS-73 STS-74 1996 STS-72 STS-75 STS-76 STS-77 STS-78 STS-79 STS-80 1997 STS-81 STS-82 STS-83 STS-84 STS-94 STS-85 STS-86 STS-87 1998 STS-89 STS-90 STS-91 STS-95 STS-88 1999 STS-96 STS-93 STS-103
2000s	2000 STS-99 STS-101 STS-106 STS-92 STS-97 2001 STS-98 STS-102 STS-100 STS-104 STS-105 STS-108 2002 STS-109 STS-110 STS-111 STS-112 STS-113 2003 STS-107† 2005 STS-114 2006 STS-121 STS-115 STS-116 2007 STS-117 STS-118 STS-120 2008 STS-122 STS-123 STS-124 STS-126 2009 STS-119 STS-125 STS-127 STS-128 STS-129
2010s	2010 STS-130 STS-131 STS-132 2011 STS-133 STS-134 STS-135

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