In 1986 he was in line to make a record seventh space flight on STS-61-J to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope, but the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster earlier that year had delayed NASA's schedule.
1986 年，他准备在 STS-61-J 上进行创纪录的第七次太空飞行，部署哈勃太空望远镜，但该年早些时候的挑战者号航天飞机灾难推迟了美国航空航天局的计划。