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STS-62-A was a planned NASA 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 crewed launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and the first crewed mission to go into polar orbit.

The mission designation, STS-62-A, meant: 6=fiscal year 1986, 2=Vandenberg (1=Kennedy Space Center), and A=first flight from that launch site in that fiscal year.

Crew

Position[1][2] Astronaut
Commander Robert L. Crippen
Would have been fifth space mission
Pilot Guy S. Gardner
Would have been first space mission
Mission Specialist 1 Richard M. Mullane
Would have been second space mission
Mission Specialist 2 Jerry L. Ross
Would have been second space mission
Mission Specialist 3 Dale A. Gardner
Would have been third space mission
Payload Specialist 1 Edward C. Aldridge Jr.
Would have been first space mission
Payload Specialist 2 Brett Watterson, MSE
Would have been first space mission

Post-Challenger accident

The destruction of Challenger and subsequent halt of the Space Shuttle program led to the cancellation of the mission.

Guy Gardner, Jerry Ross, and Mike 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.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ “Crews for First Vandenberg Mission, DoD Flight Named” (PDF) (Press release). NASA Johnson Space Center News. February 15, 1985. pp. 24–25. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Bergin, Chris (December 18, 2005). “STS-62A: The Polar Express”. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Dennis R. (2001). Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System The First 100 Missions. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. p. 329. ISBN 0-9633974-5-1..
  4. ^ “Display: Lacrosse 1 (1988-106B)”. NASA. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.