| Name: McNair, Ronald | Country: USA | M/F: M | Number of Flights: 2 |
| Space Flights | Launch Date - Shuttle | Landing Date - Shuttle |
|---|---|---|
| 1. STS-41B | February 3, 1984 - Challenger | February 11, 1984 - Challenger |
| 2. STS-51L (Died) | January 28, 1986 - Challenger | January 28, 1986 - Challenger |
| Space Flights | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| 1. STS-41B | Deployed Westar VI for Western Union Telegraph and Palapa B-2 for Indonesia Failure of PAM stages left both satellites in low Earth orbit. The satellites were recovered during the STS-51A mission. Shuttle Pallet Satellite 1A (SPAS-1A) became the first satellite to be refurbished and flown again. |
| 2. STS-51L | Planned Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 2 (TDRS-B) deployment shuttle
mission Planned shuttle mission to deploy and retrieve Spartan-203/Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable to study Halley's Comet - Crew and vehicle were lost 73 seconds after launch. |
| Return to Master List | American Astronauts | Two Spaceflights |
| Space Shuttle Program - 1984 / 1986 | ||
Updated - June 7, 2006