| STS-1V/62-A | |||||
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| Mission name | STS-1V/62-A | ||||
| Space shuttle | Discovery | ||||
| Launch pad | SLC-6 | ||||
| Launch date | 15 July 1986 (planned) | ||||
| Landing | n/a | ||||
| Mission duration | n/a | ||||
| Orbital altitude | n/a | ||||
| Orbital inclination | n/a | ||||
| Distance traveled | n/a | ||||
| Crew photo | |||||
| Front row (l to r): Guy Gardner, Mike Mullane, Jerry Ross, and Dale Gardner. Back row (l to r): Pete Aldridge, Jr, Robert Crippen, and Brett Watterson | |||||
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STS-62-A was a planned 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 manned launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The mission designation, 62-A, meant: 6=fiscal year 1986, 2=Vandenberg (1=Kennedy Space Center), and A=first flight in that fiscal year.
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| Position[1] | Astronaut | |
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| Commander | Robert L. Crippen Fifth spaceflight |
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| Pilot | Guy S. Gardner First spaceflight |
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| Mission Specialist 1 | Dale A. Gardner Third spaceflight |
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| Mission Specialist 2 | Jerry L. Ross Second spaceflight |
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| Mission Specialist 3 | Richard M. Mullane Second spaceflight |
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| Payload Specialist 1 | Brett Watterson First spaceflight |
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| Payload Specialist 2 | Edward C. Aldridge, Jr. First spaceflight |
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| The crew was announced on 15 February 1985. | ||
The destruction of Challenger and subsequent halt of the Space Shuttle Program led to the cancellation of the mission.
G. Gardner, Ross and 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]
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