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.
Space Shuttle Challenger
Serial OV-099
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1984-02-11T12:15:55+0000
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
Programs
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.
