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11 Shuttle Mission 51-L--Quick Look Crew: Francis R. Scobee, Commander Michael J. Smith, Pilot Judith A. Resnik, Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, Mission Specialist Ronald E. McNair, Mission Specialist Gregory Jarvis, Payload Specialist S. Christa McAuliffe, Teacher Observer Orbiter: Challenger (099) Launch Site: Pad 39-B, Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Launch Time/Date: Jan. 24, 1986 -- 3:43 p.m. EST Orbital Inclination: 28.45 degrees Insertion Orbit: 153.5 n.mi circular Mission Duration: 6 days, 34 minutes Orbits: 96 full orbits; landing on 97 Landing Date/Time: Jan. 30, 1986, 4:17 p.m. EST Primary Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Runway 33 Weather Alternate: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Runway 17 Return to Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center Abort-Once-Around: Edwards Air Force Base Trans-Atlantic Abort: Dakar, Senegal Cargo and Payloads: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-B) Spartan-Halley Mission Teacher in Space Project Comet Halley Active Monitoring Program Fluid Dynamics Experiment Phase Partitioning Experiment Radiation Monitoring Experiment 3 Student Experiments