Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-G
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-41-G
STS-41-G was the thirteenth flight of the shuttle program and sixth of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It was the second landing made at the Kenendy Space Center. It was the first crew to carry two women, the first American EVA involving a woman, the first Australian Astronaut and first Canadian Astronaut.
Space Shuttle Challenger
Serial OV-099
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1984-10-13T16:26:00+0000
Crew
Robert Crippen
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1937-09-11
Status Retired
Type Government
Jon McBride
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1943-08-14
Deceased 2024-08-07
Status Deceased
Type Government
David Leestma
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-05-06
Status Retired
Type Government
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-10-03
Status Retired
Type Government
Marc Garneau
Payload Specialist
Nationality Canadian
Date Of Birth 1949-02-23
Status Retired
Type Government
Paul Scully-Power
Payload Specialist
Nationality American Australian
Date Of Birth 1944-05-28
Status Retired
Type Government
Sally Ride
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-05-26
Deceased 2012-07-23
Status Deceased
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.
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