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  • STS-62-A
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  • STS-62-A was a planned 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 manned launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The mission designation, 62-A, meant: 6=fiscal year 1986, 2=Vandenberg (1=Kennedy Space Center), and A=first flight in that fiscal year.
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crew size
  • 7
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  • Fifth
crew photo caption
  • Front row : Guy Gardner, Mike Mullane, Jerry Ross, and Dale Gardner. Back row : Pete Aldridge, Jr, Robert Crippen, and Brett Watterson
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Name
  • STS-62-A
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terminology
  • Astronaut
Insignia
  • Shuttle_Patch.png
crew photo
  • STS-62A Crew.jpg
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Operator
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  • Second
launch site
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Mission Type
  • Satellite deployment
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  • First
landing site
  • Vandenberg Runway 12
Launch date
  • 1986-07-15
  • (Not launched)
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  • Second
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  • First
crew members
Position
  • Pilot
  • Commander
  • Mission Specialist 1
  • Mission Specialist 2
  • Payload Specialist 1
  • Payload Specialist 2
  • Mission Specialist 3
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  • First
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  • Third
abstract
  • STS-62-A was a planned 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 manned launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The mission designation, 62-A, meant: 6=fiscal year 1986, 2=Vandenberg (1=Kennedy Space Center), and A=first flight in that fiscal year.
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