Canceled Space Shuttle missions
As part of the U.S. space shuttle program, several planned missions have already been canceled. Most were canceled due to the Challenger and the Columbia disaster. Some, however, were also deleted, as the requirements of the payload changed.
STS -1a
STS -1 was the beginning of 1979, only a suborbital test flight of the Space Shuttle, to test the RTLS abort start maneuvers. The mission was canceled when the astronauts refused to fly from their perspective to dangerous mission.
STS -2a
The mission, which was originally planned as STS -2, would have served the Skylab space station, and this lifted into a higher orbit. The mission was canceled due to delays in the development of the Space Shuttle, since Skylab burned up earlier than calculated in the Earth's atmosphere. The orbiter Columbia was the flight can be completed in late 1979. The crew would have consisted of Fred Haise and Jack Lousma, who commanded the STS- 3 mission in March 1982.
STS -10
STS -10 was due to delays with the payload, a satellite of the U.S. Department of Defense canceled. Ken Mattingly, Loren Shriver, Ellison Onizuka, James Buchli and the first military astronaut payload specialist Gary Payton would have been provided for the flight in November 1983.
STS-12
STS- 12, a mission to expose a TDRS satellite, was canceled due to problems with the IUS rocket upper, which should be used on this flight. Henry Hartsfield, Michael Coats, Richard Mullane, Steven Hawley and Judith Resnik were named as crew. The launch should take place in March 1984.
STS -41 -E
STS -41 -E, a satellite mission of the U.S. Department of Defense has also been canceled due to problems with the IUS upper stage. Ken Mattingly, Loren Shriver, Ellison Onizuka, Jim Buchli and the payload specialist for the U.S. Air Force Jeffrey Detroye were nominated as a team. The launch was scheduled for March 1984 with the Space Shuttle Challenger.
STS -41 -F
STS -41 -F was scheduled for August 1984 with the discovery. This would have been the first flight of Discovery, if it had not been canceled due to delays in payload. As the occupying Karol Bobko, Donald Williams, Rhea Seddon, David Griggs and Jeffrey Hoffman were provided. The flight was STS -51 -E.
STS 41 -H
This mission should be carried out in September 1984 on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense or instead expose a TDRS satellites. Due to problems with the IUS upper stage, the mission was canceled. As the occupying Frederick Hauck, David Walker, Joseph Allen, Anna Fisher, Dale Gardner and payload specialists of the U.S. Air Force Gary Payton and Frank Casserino were nominated. As a replacement payload specialist Daryl Joseph was provided.
STS -51- E
This flight of the Challenger was canceled due to problems of the IUS upper stage. It should have been exposed to a TDRS satellite. As the occupying Karol Bobko, Donald Williams, Rhea Seddon, David Griggs, Jeffrey Hoffman, the French payload specialist Patrick Baudry and politicians Jake Garn were provided.
STS 51 -H
STS -51- H was an Atlantis mission, which was canceled before the Challenger disaster. The EOM -1 Shuttle mission was scheduled for November 1985. As the occupying Vance Brand, Michael Smith, Robert Springer, Owen Garriott, Claude Nicollier and two payload specialists Byron Lichtenberg and Michael L. Lampton were planned.
STS -61- E
This mission aboard the space shuttle Columbia had on 6 March 1986, the ASTRO -1 Spacelab mission are to bring into space. After the Challenger disaster the flight was canceled. The team would have consisted of Jon McBride, Richard Richards, David Leestma, Jeffrey Hoffman, Robert Parker, Samuel Durrance and Ronald Parise.
STS -61- F
STS- 61F should bring on May 15, 1986, the Ulysses solar probe with the Challenger space shuttle into space. The team would have consisted of Frederick Hauck, Roy Bridges, John Lounge and David Hilmer.
STS -61- G
STS -61- G would be a mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis ( launch scheduled on May 20, 1986) have been, but was canceled after the Challenger disaster. The Galileo spacecraft would have to be brought into space. As the occupying David Walker, Ronald Grabe, Norman Thagard and James van Hoften were planned.
STS 61- H
The Columbia mission, scheduled for June 30, 1986 was canceled because of the Challenger disaster. It should have been exposed to a commercial communications satellite. The team would have consisted of Michael Coats, John Blaha, Anna Fisher, James Buchli, Robert Springer, the British payload specialist Nigel Wood and the Indonesian payload specialist Pratiwi Sudarmono.
STS -62 -A
STS -62- A should start in July 1986 as the first shuttle mission from Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Robert Crippen would have commanded Discovery on the first shuttle mission in a polar orbit for the U.S. Department of Defense. The crew would have been next to Crippen from Guy Gardner, Dale Gardner, Richard Mullane, Jerry Ross, and the military astronauts John Watterson (MSE ) and the politician Edward Aldridge. The flight was canceled after the U.S. Department of Defense withdrew from the shuttle program after the Challenger disaster. Even later launched no more shuttle from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
STS -M -61
This Challenger mission in July 1986 had a TDRS satellites are put into space. The crew would have made Loren Shriver, Bryan O'Connor, Mark Lee, Sally Ride, William Fisher, the U.S. industry astronaut payload specialist Robert Wood and a meteorologist U.S. Air Force (one of the group of three from Grant Aufderhaar, Fred Lewis, Ronald Townsend ) passed.
STS 61- K
STS -61- K was a Columbia mission, which was canceled due to the Challenger disaster. The EOM -1 Shuttle mission was scheduled for October 1986. As the occupying Vance Brand, David Griggs, Robert Stewart, Owen Garriott, Claude Nicollier and the three payload specialists Byron Lichtenberg, Michael L. Lampton and Robert E. Stevenson were planned.
STS -61- N
STS -61- N should start in September 1986 as a military shuttle mission. Brewster Shaw would have commanded on the Columbia shuttle mission for the U.S. Department of Defense. The crew would have been Skantze from the USAF Command system alongside Shaw from the pilot Michael McCulley, the mission specialists James Adamson, David Leestma, Mark Brown and the military astronauts Frank Casserino (MSE ) and the U.S. General Lawrence. The flight was canceled after the U.S. Department of Defense withdrew from the shuttle program after the Challenger disaster.
STS -61 -I
STS -61 -I was a Challenger mission, which was canceled after the Challenger disaster. This shuttle mission was scheduled for 27 September 1986. As crew were Donald Williams, Michael Smith ( came with the Challenger disaster killed ), James Bagian, Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar, Manley Lanier Carter and the payload specialist Nagapathi Bhat (India) and planned for a U.S. journalist.
STS -62- B
STS -62- B should start in September 1986 as the second shuttle mission from Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Discovery should start on this shuttle mission in a polar orbit for the U.S. Department of Defense. The crew was not nominated, but should the Militärastronautin Katherine Roberts ( MSE) to fly. There should be a satellite KH -11A are exposed. The flight was canceled after the U.S. Department of Defense withdrew from the shuttle program after the Challenger disaster. Even later launched no more shuttle from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
STS 61- J
This canceled due to the Challenger accident Atlantis mission should stay the Hubble Space Telescope in October 1986. As crew were John Watts Young ( would have been his 7.Start ), Charles Frank Bolden, Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan, Bruce McCandless and Steven Alan Hawley scheduled.
STS -61 -L
This canceled due to the Challenger accident Columbia mission should expose two commercial communications satellites ( Gstar -3 and Syncom IV-5 ) in November 1986. As a payload specialist John Konrad was scheduled.
STS -71 -B
This Challenger mission had taken place in December 1986. On board the military astronaut (MSE ) Payload Specialist Charles Edward Jones would have been, who later died on the American Airlines Flight 11 as the plane crashed into the World Trade Center in the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. The flight was canceled after the U.S. Department of Defense withdrew from the shuttle program after the Challenger disaster.
STS -71 -A
This mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis had on 12 January 1987, the ASTRO -2 Spacelab mission are to bring into space. After the Challenger disaster the flight was canceled. The team would have consisted of Jon McBride, Richard Richards, David Leestma, Jeffrey Hoffman, Robert Parker, Payload Specialist Kenneth Nordsieck and one of the two other payload specialists Samuel Durrance and Ronald Parise.
STS 71 -C
The Columbia mission, planned for the end of January 1987 it was canceled because of the Challenger disaster. It should have been exposed to the commercial communications satellite Skynet 4B and ASC -2 as well as the U.S. research platform Spartan -2. For the team, the second British payload specialist Peter Longhurst and the ASC industry astronaut payload specialist Otto Hoernig would have existed.
STS -71- D
This Challenger mission should have brought the TDRS -C satellite into space in February 1987. The crew and the U.S. industry astronaut payload specialist Robert Wood had heard.
STS -71 -E
The launch of the Atlantis mission would have been scheduled for April 1987, but was canceled due to the Challenger disaster. As crew members of the SLS - 1 mission were planned: Vance Brand, David Griggs, John Fabian, James Bagian, Rhea Seddon, Francis Gaffney and Robert Phillips. Payload Specialist Millie Hughes - Fulford acted as a replacement for Gaffney and Phillips.
STS -71 -F
This Columbia mission had been scheduled for late April 1987, but was canceled due to the Challenger disaster. The crew and the Canadian Payload Specialist Steve MacLean had heard.
STS -M -71
This mission with the Challenger space shuttle would have on 18 August 1987, the ASTRO -3- Spacelab mission are to bring into space. After the Challenger disaster the flight was canceled. For team also payload specialist Kenneth Nordsieck and one of the two other payload specialists Samuel Durrance and Ronald Parise had heard.
STS -71 -O
This mission aboard the space shuttle Columbia had on 28 September 1987, the Sunlab -1 Spacelab mission are to bring into space. After the Challenger disaster the flight was canceled. For the team, the payload specialist George Simon and one of the two other payload specialist John - David Bartoe and Dianne Prince had heard.
STS -81- G
This mission with a space shuttle would have in February 1988, the Spacelab -J mission to bring into space. After the Challenger disaster the flight was canceled. For the team, the payload specialist Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai and reserve Payload Specialist Takao Doi had heard.
STS -M -81
The launch of the Atlantis mission would have been scheduled for July 1988, but was canceled due to the Challenger disaster. The only previously known member of the crew of this SLS - 2 mission was the payload specialist Millie Hughes - Fulford.
STS -82 -B
The mission STS -82 -B should start in 1988 from Vandenberg Air Force Base with the Discovery. The flight was canceled after the U.S. Department of Defense withdrew from the shuttle program after the Challenger disaster. Even later launched no more shuttle from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Among other tasks, the COBE Observatory should be suspended, the 1989 delivered in orbit with a Delta rocket.