 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Parwendo rwake rwechitatu, Hartsfield akanga ari mutungamiriri wengarava yomuchadenga Challenger paSTS-61-A, basa reWest German D-1 Spacelab rakatangwa kubva kuKennedy Space Center, Florida, pana October 30, 1985. Vashandi vake vaisanganisira Steven R. Nagel mutyairi wendege, James Buchli, Guy Bluford naBonnie Dunbar nyanzvi dzebasa, naReinhard Furrer, Ernst Messerschmid, naWubbo Ockels nyanzvi dzebasa. Basa remazuva manomwe raiva rokutanga rine vashandi vasere, uye basa rokutanga rezvesayenzi reSpacelab rakarongwa nokudzorwa nomutengi wokumwe. Kuedza kwesayenzi kunopfuura 75 kwakapedzwa muminda yesayenzi dzomuviri, kugadzira zvinhu, biology, uye kufamba nechikepe. Pashure pokupedza kutenderera pasi pose ka111, STS-61-A yakamhara paEdwards Air Force Base, California, pana November 6, 1985. STS-61-A yakanga iri ndege yokupedzisira yakabudirira yeChallenger, sezvo yakaparadzwa mukati mokutanga kwebasa rayo rinotevera, STS-51-L. 