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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