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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Francis R. Scobee |
| Plt - Michael J. Smith | |
| MS 1 - Ellison S. Onizuka (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - Judith A. Resnik | |
| MS 3 - Ronald E. McNair (EV 1) | |
| PS 1 - Sharon Christa McAuliffe | |
| PS 2 - Gregory B. Jarvis | |
| Launch | 28 January 1986 @ 1138:00.260 EST |
| Orbital incl: | N/A |
| Max alt: | N/A |
| Orbits: | N/A |
| Dur: | 1:13.621 |
| Landing: | N/A |
| Launch Window: | 2 hours (9:38 - 11:38 am EST) |
| TAL Sites: | Dakar (Alternate: Casablanca, Morocco) |
| AOA site: | Edwards, AFB |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF, scheduled at 12:11 pm EST, 3 February |
| Landing Speed: | N/A |
| Landing rollout: | N/A |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,526,583 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 268,829 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | N/A |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 52,308 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | N/A |
| Special mission kits: | RMS-302, EMU's 1008, 1075, Galley, MADS, teleprinter |
| TDRS-B/IUS-#3 | Deployable mass - 37,636 lbs. TDRS-B mass - 4,990 lbs) |
| Spartan 203/Halley | Deployable mass of 2,425 lbs. (2 UV spectrometers to measure composition and activity of Halley's Comet) mounted on SFSS (see Mission-24/51-G) |
| Mid-deck | TIS (Teacher in Space Science Deoms), PPE (Phase Partitioning Exp), Hughes FDE (Fluid Dynamics Exp), CHAMP (see Mission-18/51-G), RME (QRSP Q007) |
| OEX | ACIP/HiRAP (see STS-6) |
| SSIP - 3 Experiments | 1) SE83-9 (Chicken Embryo Development in Space), 2) SE82-4 (The effects of weightlessness on grain formation and strength), 3) SE82-5 (Utilisint a semi-permable membrane to direct crystal growth in zero gravity). Souvenir payload: Walking Liberty Coin Sets (2) |
| SSME's: | 2023 (1) - 5th use, 20202 (2) & 2021 (3) - Both 6th use. At liftoff 104%, same at throttle-up |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-02/112 - Pod 7th use, motor - 1st use, RP-02/102 - 7th use |
| ET: | ET-26 (LWT-19) |
| SRB's: | LO-25/BI-026 - Set destroyed by RSO at T+110 seconds |
| Left - 25A | Right - 25B | |||
| New | 035 | Fwd | 026 | 15-A |
| 11-B | 045 | Cyl | 082 | 15-A |
| 15-B | 083 | Cyl | 085 | 15-A |
| 10-B | L41 | Cyl | L28 | 15-B |
| 11-A | L16 | Cyl | L106 | New |
| 15-A | L75 | Cyl | L59 | 13-A |
| 15-A | L76 | Cyl | L60 | 13-A |
| 13-A | L11 | Att | L06 | 15-A |
| 15-A | L25 | Stf | L02 | 15-B |
| 15-B | L07 | Stf | L01 | 15-A |
| 15-B | 027 | Aft | 026 | 15-A |
| 26 August 1985 | ET-26 arrives on dock KSC |
| 11 November 1985 | OV-099 returns to the OPF following Mission-22/61-A |
| 10 December 1985 | ET/SRB mate |
| 12 December 1985 | Spartan installed in cargo bay at OPF |
| 16 December 1985 | OV-099 rollover from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay 3 for stacking the next day |
| 22 December 1985 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B, for the first time both pad are occupied by shuttle (61-C & 51-L) |
| 5 January 1986 | TDRS-B installed in the cargo bay on Pad 39B |
| 8 January 1986 | TCDT dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard orbiter |
| 23 January 1986 | Astronaut arrival at KSC, "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 10 am EST |
| 28 January 1986 | Launch & explosion |
| 29 April 1986 | Crew remains transferred to Dover AFB, DE on C-141 transport for release to families |