STS-62-A

STS-62-A
Names	Space Transportation System
Mission type	DoD satellite deployment (planned)
Operator	NASA
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Discovery (planned)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	Robert L. Crippen ; Guy S. Gardner ; Richard M. Mullane ; Jerry L. Ross ; Dale A. Gardner ; Edward C. Aldridge Jr. ; Brett Watterson
Start of mission
Launch date	15 July 1986 (planned) ; Not launched
Rocket	Space Shuttle Discovery
Launch site	Vandenberg Air Force Base , ; SLC-6
Contractor	Rockwell International
End of mission
Landing date	19 July 1986 (planned)
Landing site	Vandenberg Air Force Base , ; Runway 12
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit (planned)
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	312 km (194 mi)
Apogee altitude	320 km (200 mi)
Inclination	48.45°
Period	90.90 minutes
	; Space Shuttle patch ; ; Front row: Guy S. Gardner , Richard M. Mullane , Jerry L. Ross , and Dale A. Gardner ; Back row: Edward C. Aldridge Jr. , Robert L. Crippen , and Brett Watterson Space Shuttle program ← STS-51-L (25) ; ← STS-61-H STS-26 → ; STS-61-M →

STS-62-A was a planned NASA Space Shuttle mission to deliver a reconnaissance payload (Teal Ruby) into polar orbit . It was expected to use Discovery . It would have been the first crewed launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base , California , and the first crewed mission to go into polar orbit. The mission designation, STS-62-A, meant: 6=fiscal year 1986, 2=Vandenberg (1= Kennedy Space Center ), and A=first flight in that fiscal year.

Crew [ edit ]


Position ^[1]	Astronaut
Commander	Robert L. Crippen Would have been fifth spaceflight
Pilot	Guy S. Gardner Would have been first spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	Richard M. Mullane Would have been second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2	Jerry L. Ross Would have been second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3	Dale A. Gardner Would have been third spaceflight
Payload Specialist 1	Edward C. Aldridge Jr. Would have been first spaceflight
Payload Specialist 2	Brett Watterson , Manned Spacecraft Engineer Would have been first spaceflight

Post- Challenger accident [ edit ]

The destruction of Challenger and subsequent halt of the Space Shuttle program led to the cancellation of the mission.

Guy Gardner, Jerry Ross, and Mike Mullane were members of the second post- Challenger mission STS-27 ? a classified mission for the DoD ? during which the Lacrosse-1 radar reconnaissance spacecraft was allegedly deployed. ^[2]^[3]

References [ edit ]

^ "Crews for First Vandenberg Mission, DoD Flight Named" (PDF) (Press release). NASA Johnson Space Center News. 15 February 1985. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
^ Jenkins, Dennis R. (2001). Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System The First 100 Missions . Saint Paul, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. p. 329. ISBN 0-9633974-5-1 . .
^ "Display: Lacrosse 1 (1988-106B)" . NASA. 7 January 2022 . Retrieved 29 January 2022 . This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links [ edit ]

[1] "Crews for First Vandenberg Mission, DoD Flight Named" (PDF) (Press release). NASA Johnson Space Center News. 15 February 1985. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[2] Jenkins, Dennis R. (2001). Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System The First 100 Missions . Saint Paul, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. p. 329. ISBN 0-9633974-5-1 . .

[Display-3] "Display: Lacrosse 1 (1988-106B)" . NASA. 7 January 2022 . Retrieved 29 January 2022 . This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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v t e Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103)
Completed flights	STS-41-D STS-51-A STS-51-C STS-51-D STS-51-G STS-51-I STS-26 STS-29 STS-33 STS-31 STS-41 STS-39 STS-48 STS-42 STS-53 STS-56 STS-51 STS-60 STS-64 STS-63 STS-70 STS-82 STS-85 STS-91 STS-95 STS-96 STS-103 STS-92 STS-102 STS-105 STS-114 STS-121 STS-116 STS-120 STS-124 STS-119 STS-128 STS-131 STS-133
Status	Retired
On display	Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center , Washington, D.C.
Related	Destiny in Space (1994 documentary)