STS-61-M was a proposed NASA Space Shuttle program mission, planned for July 1986 but canceled following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L).

Payload was to have been TDRS-D of the U.S. tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) satellites.

Primary Crew

Position Astronaut
Commander Loren J. Shriver
Would have been second spaceflight
Pilot Bryan D. O'Connor
Would have been second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 Mark C. Lee
Would have been first spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 Sally K. Ride
Would have been third spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3 William F. Fisher
Would have been second spaceflight
Payload Specialist 1 Robert Wood
Would have been first spaceflight

Backup Crew

Position Astronaut
Payload Specialist 1 Charles D. Walker
Would have been fourth spaceflight

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