STS-51-L Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

28 Jan 1986, 4:38pm

UTC

Location

Kennedy Space Center

Pad

Launch Complex 39B

Launch Service Provider

Lockheed Space Operations Company

Vehicle

Space Shuttle

Spacecraft Stage

Space Shuttle

Crew

Dick Scobee

Michael J. Smith

Christa McAuliffe

Gregory Jarvis

Ellison Onizuka

Judith Resnik

Ronald McNair

Mission

STS-51-L

Mission Type

Human Exploration

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

The tenth mission for Challenger, STS-51-L was scheduled to deploy the second in a series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, carry out the first flight of the Shuttle-Pointed Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN-203) / Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable in order to observe Halley's Comet, and carry out several lessons from space as part of the Teacher in Space Project and Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP).

Available Replays

Live

The Challenger Disaster: STS-51-L Countdown and Launch