STS-61-C payload specialists Gerard E. "Jerry" Magilton, Robert J. Cenker
This is an inkjet-printed photo, as at the time I had no other way of getting a picture of Robert J. Cenker, STS-61-C's prime payload specialist, and Gerard E. "Jerry" Magilton, Cenker's alternate, for a signing by Magilton, which my friend somehow arranged.
Cenker was selected by RCA as a Payload Specialist; and approved by NASA to fly on the space shuttle Columbia on Space Shuttle Mission 61-C. During the six day mission, (January 12 to 18, 1986) he performed a variety of physiological tests, observed the deployment of the RCA Satcom Ku-1 satellite, and operated primary experiment, an infrared imaging camera. In completing this flight, Cenker traveled over 2.1 million miles in 96 Earth orbits and logged over 146 hours in space.
Cenker was the last commercial payload specialist, with the Challenger accident later that month.
STS-61-C payload specialists Gerard E. "Jerry" Magilton, Robert J. Cenker
This is an inkjet-printed photo, as at the time I had no other way of getting a picture of Robert J. Cenker, STS-61-C's prime payload specialist, and Gerard E. "Jerry" Magilton, Cenker's alternate, for a signing by Magilton, which my friend somehow arranged.
Cenker was selected by RCA as a Payload Specialist; and approved by NASA to fly on the space shuttle Columbia on Space Shuttle Mission 61-C. During the six day mission, (January 12 to 18, 1986) he performed a variety of physiological tests, observed the deployment of the RCA Satcom Ku-1 satellite, and operated primary experiment, an infrared imaging camera. In completing this flight, Cenker traveled over 2.1 million miles in 96 Earth orbits and logged over 146 hours in space.
Cenker was the last commercial payload specialist, with the Challenger accident later that month.