Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-B

Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-B

Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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STS-41-B

STS-41-B was the tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed 2 communication satellites and inluded the first untethered spacewalk. It was also the first shuttle mission to land at Kennedy Space Center.

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Space Shuttle Challenger


Serial OV-099

Launch Crew Count 5

Status Destroyed

Landing Time 1984-02-11T12:15:55+0000


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Crew

Vance D. Brand

Commander

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1931-05-09

Status Retired

Type Government


Robert L. Gibson

Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1946-10-30

Status Retired

Type Government


Bruce McCandless II

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1937-06-08

Deceased 2017-12-21

Status Deceased

Type Government


Robert L. Stewart

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1942-05-10

Status Retired

Type Government


Ronald McNair

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1950-10-21

Deceased 1986-01-28

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


Space Shuttle


Height 56.10 Meters

Max Stages 2

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN

Diameter 8.00 Meters

Mass To LEO 27500 kg

Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes


Launch Success 133

Consecutive Success 22

Maiden Flight 1981-04-12

Launch Failures 2


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Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.

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