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

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.

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Space Shuttle Challenger


Serial OV-099

Launch Crew Count 7

Status Destroyed

Landing Time 1984-10-13T16:26:00+0000


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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

Status Retired

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 Australian-American

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


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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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