STS-61-H
STS-61-H was a NASA Space Shuttle mission planned to launch on 24 June 1986 using Columbia.Before Buchli was assigned to STS-61-H, Norman E. Thagard was the potential Mission Specialist 3 for this flight.The main task of the mission was to bring two commercial satellites into orbit – Palapa B3 and Westar-6S, and military communication satellite - Skynet-4A, The British Skynet and the Indonesian Palapa were supposed to be accompanied by an astronaut from the two countries.After the Challenger disaster, the deployment of commercial satellites by the Space Shuttle was stopped, and for several years no international astronauts were nominated.The crew finally flew on STS-29, with Anna L. Fisher being replaced by James P. Bagian.