Cancelled Space Shuttle Missions



STS-10 DOD MISSION launch date: NOVEMBER 1983 CREW: Com. Thomas K. Mattingly Plt. Loren J. Shriver MS Ellison S. Onizuka MS James F. Buchli PS Gary E. Payton back-up ps Keith C. Wright
STS-12 TDRS/IUS MISSION launch date: MARCH 1984 CREW: Com. Henry W. Hartsfield Plt. Michael L. Coats MS Richard M. Mullane MS Steven A. Hawley MS Judith A. Resnik
STS-41E DOD MISSION launch date: JULY 1984 CREW: same as STS-10 exept for PS PS Jeffrey E. Detroye back-up ps Eric E. Sundberg altern. ps John B. Watterson
STS-41F COM. SATELLITES launch date: AUGUST 1984

CREW: Com. Karol J. Bobko Plt. Donald E. Williams MS M. Rhea Seddon MS S. David Griggs MS Jeffrey A. Hoffman
STS-41H DOD or TDRS MISSION launch date: SEPTEMBER 1984 CREW: Com. Frederick H. Hauck Plt. David M Walker MS Joseph P. Allen MS Anna L Fisher MS Dale A. Gardner PS Frank J. Caserino PS Gary E. Payton back-up ps Daryl J. Joseph
STS-51E TDRS/IUS MISSION launch date: MARCH 1985

CREW: same as STS-41F + PS PS Patrick Baudry (France) PS E. Jacob Garn (U.S. Senator)

The prime and back-up PS of STS-51E

STS-51D launch date: APRIL 1985


CREW: Com. Daniel C. Brandenstein Plt. John O. Creighton MS Steven R. Nagel MS John M. Fabian MS Shannon W. Lucid PS Gregory B. Jarvis PS Charles D. Walker back up PS for Jarvis: John Konrad

STS-51G TDRS/IUS MISSION launch date: JULY 1985


CREW: Com. Brewster H. Shaw Plt. Bryan D. O'Connor MS Jerry L. Ross MS Mary L. Cleave MS Sherwood C. Spring

STS-51K SPACELAB-D1 NO CREW, Renamed STS-61A

STS-51H EOM-1 launch date: NOVEMBER 1985 CREW: Com. Vance Brand Plt. Michael Smith MS Robert Springer MS Owen Garriott MS Claude Nicollier (ESA-Switzerland) Crew later combined with STS-61K

STS-61E ASTRO-1 launch date: 6 MARCH 1986

CREW:    Com. John A. McBride
         Plt. Richard N. Richards
         MS   David C. Leestma
         MS   Jeffrey A. Hoffman
         MS   Robert A. Parker
         PS   Samuel T. Durrance
         PS   Ronald A. Parise

 back-up ps   Kenneth Nordsieck





The prime and back-up PS of STS-61E







STS-61F    ULYSSES                    launch date: 15 MAY 1986





CREW:    Com. Frederick H. Hauck 
         Plt. Roy D. Bridges
         MS   John M. Lounge
         MS   David C. Hilmers








STS-61G    GALILEO                    launch date: 20 MAY 1986




CREW:    Com. David M. Walker
         Plt. Ronald J. Grabe
         MS   Norman E. Thagard
         MS   James D. van Hoften






STS-61H    COM. SATELLITES           launch date: 24 JUNE 1986





CREW:    Com. Michael L. Coats
         Plt. John E. Blaha
         MS   Robert C. Springer
         MS   James F. Buchli
         MS   Anna L. Fisher
         PS   Pratiwi Sudarmono (Indonesia)
         PS   Nigel R. Wood (UK)

 back-up ps   Taufik Akbar (Indonesia)
 back-up ps   Richard Farrimond (UK)


















The prime and back-up Payload Specialists of STS-61H






STS-62A    DOD                          launch date: JULY 1986




CREW:    Com. Robert L. Crippen
         Plt. Guy S. Gardner
         MS   Richard M. Mullane
         MS   Jerry L. Ross
         MS   Dale A. Gardner
         PS   Edward C. Aldridge
         PS   John B. Watterson
 
 back-up ps   Randy Odle








STS-61M    TDRS/IUS                  launch date: 22 JULY 1986

CREW:    Com. Loren J. Shriver
         Plt. Bryan D. O'Connor
         MS   Mark C. Lee
         MS   Sally K. Ride
         MS   William F. Fisher
         PS   Robert J. Wood
 
 back-up ps   Charles Walker









STS-61J    Hubble                 launch date: AUGUST 1986


crew:    Com. John W. Young
         Plt. Charles F. Bolden
         MS   Bruce McCandless
         MS   Steven A. Hawley
         MS   Kathryn D. Sullivan








STS-61N     DOD                  launch date: 4 SEPTEMBER 1986


CREW:    Com. Brewster H. Shaw
         Plt. Michael J McCully
         MS   David C. Leestma
         MS   James C. Adamson
         MS   Mark N. Brown
         PS   Frank Casserino

 back-up ps   Daryl Joseph








STS-61I    LDEF(R)              launch date: 27 SEPTEMBER 1986


CREW:    Com. Donald E. Williams
         Plt. Michael J. Smith
         MS   Bonnie J. Dunbar
         MS   Manley L. Carter
         MS   James P. Bagian
         PS   Nagapathi C. Bhat (INDIA)
         PS   ? (Journalist)
 
back-up ps   Parameswaran Radhakrishnan (INDIA)









STS-62B    DOD                  launch date: 29 SEPTEMBER 1986


CREW:    no crew named as of 2-86

         PS   Katherine Roberts







STS-61K     EOM-1/2                launch date: OCTOBER 1986

CREW:    Com. Vance D Brand
         Plt. S. David Griggs
         MS   Robert L. Stewart
         MS   Claude Nicollier (ESA-Switzerland)
         MS   Owen K. Garriott
         PS   Byron K. Lichtenberg
         PS   Michael L. Lampton
 
 back-up ps   Dirk Frimout (BELGIUM)
 back-up ps   Charles Chappell








STS-61L      COM. SATELLITE        launch date: NOVEMBER 1986


CREW:    
         PS   John Konrad
 
 back-up ps   Stephen Cunningham







STS-71B                            launch date: DECEMBER 1986


CREW:
         PS   Charles Jones







STS-71A       ASTRO-2              launch date: JANUARY 1987


CREW:
         PS   Kenneth Nordsieck







STS-71C       COM. SATELLITE       launch date: JANUARY 1987


CREW:
         PS   Peter Longhurst (UK)
         PS   Otto Hoering

 back-up ps   Christopher Holmes (UK)








STS-71D        COM. SATELLITE      launch date: FEBRUARY 1987


CREW:
         PS   Robert Wood
 
 back-up ps   Charles Walker







STS-71E        SLS-1              launch date: MARCH 1987


CREW:
         PS   Francis Gaffney
         PS   Robert Phillips

 back-up ps   Millie Hughes-Fulford








STS-71F                           launch date: MARCH 1987


CREW:
         PS   Steven MacLean (CANADA)
 
 back-up ps   Bjarni Tryggvason (CANADA)







STS-71M     ASTRO-3               launch date: AUGUST 1987

  
CREW:
         PS   Kenneth Norddsieck








STS-81G     SPACELAB-J            launch date: FEBRUARY 1988

  
CREW:
         PS   Mamoru Mohri (JAPAN)
         PS   Chiaki Naito (JAPAN)

 back-up ps   Takao Doi (JAPAN)





These three Japanese candidates for Spacelab-J were selected in August 1985.









STS-81M     SLS-2                 launch date: JULY 1988 



CREW:
         PS   Millie Hughes-Fulford





STS-101       ISS Mission        launch date: MARCH 2000


CREW:  CDR: James D. Halsel               (STS-65,74,83,94) 
       PLT: Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz       (STS-75,82)
       MS: Mary E. Weber                  (STS-70)
       MS: Jeffrey N. Williams
       MS: Edward Tsang Lu                (STS-84)
       MS: Yuri I. Malenchenko            (Russia,Soyuz TM-18)
       MS: Boris W. Morukov               (Russia)

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