STS-61A Mission Patch

STS-61 -- A D-1 Spacelab mission (first German-dedicated Spacelab) 10/30/1985 11/06/1985 22nd Space Shuttle Mission 9th Flight of Challenger

Crew:

• Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr., Commander
• Steven R. Nagel, Pilot
• James F. Buchli, Mission Specialist
• Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Mission Specialist
• Bonnie J. Dunbar, Mission Specialist
• Reinhard Furrer, Payload Specialist
• Ernst Messerschmid, Payload Specialist
• Wubbo J. Ockels, Payload Specialist

The mission was dedicated to the (West) German Spacelab D-1 laboratory, which included 75 numbered experiments. Experiments centered around basic and applied microgravity research in materials science, life science and technology, communications and navigation.