STS-61B
STS-61B was the second flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis. Brewster Shaw, Bryan O'Connor, Jerry Ross, Mary Cleave, Sherwood Spring, Charles Walker, and Rodolfo Neri Vela launched from Launch Complex 39A on November 26, 1985, deployed the Morelos-B, Aussat-2, and Satcom K-2 communications satellites, demonstrated EASE and ACCESS space-structure assembly techniques during two EVAs, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base on December 3.
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Identity
- Aliases
- STS 61-BSTS-61-BSTS 61BAtlantis STS-61BAtlantis flight 2
- Name
- STS-61B
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- STS-61B was the second flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis. Brewster Shaw, Bryan O'Connor, Jerry Ross, Mary Cleave, Sherwood Spring, Charles Walker, and Rodolfo Neri Vela launched from Launch Complex 39A on November 26, 1985, deployed the Morelos-B, Aussat-2, and Satcom K-2 communications satellites, demonstrated EASE and ACCESS space-structure assembly techniques during two EVAs, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base on December 3.
- End Date
- 1985-12-03
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- Outcome
- Successful satellite-deployment and space-construction demonstration mission with two EASE/ACCESS EVAs.
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- Start Date
- 1985-11-26
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- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-61b/
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- Creation Time
- June 30, 2026 at 05:32:04 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:21 UTC
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