Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 | STS-41-C
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-41-C
STS-41-C was the eleventh mission of the shuttle program and fifth mission for Space Shuttle Challenger. It marked the first time a shuttle performed a direct ascent. Its mission was to capsule the Solar Max Satellite and repair it whilst in orbit.
Space Shuttle Challenger
Serial OV-099
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1984-04-13T13:38:00+0000
Crew
Robert Crippen
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1937-09-11
Status Retired
Type Government
Dick Scobee
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1939-05-19
Deceased 1986-01-28
Status Lost In Flight
Type Government
George Nelson
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-07-13
Status Retired
Type Government
James van Hoften
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1944-06-11
Status Retired
Type Government
Terry Hart
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-10-27
Status Retired
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.
