Name: Smith, Michael Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 1

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-51L (Died) January 28, 1986 - Challenger January 28, 1986 - Challenger

Space Flights Descriptions
STS-51H
(Cancelled)
Planned EOM-1 space shuttle mission
Cancelled after the Challenger disaster - Mission was combined with STS-61K (EOM-1/2)
1. 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.
STS-61I
(Cancelled)
Planned retrieval of the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF)
Cancelled after the Challenger disaster

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Updated - February 1, 2005