Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-F
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-51-F
STS-51-F was the nineteenth flight of the shuttle program and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It flew in orbit for 8 days performing science in Spacelab 2.
Space Shuttle Challenger
Serial OV-099
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1985-08-06T19:45:00+0000
Crew
C. Gordon Fullerton
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1936-10-11
Deceased 2013-08-21
Status Deceased
Type Government
Roy D. Bridges Jr.
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1943-07-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Anthony W. England
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1942-05-15
Status Retired
Type Government
John-David F. Bartoe
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1944-11-17
Status Retired
Type Government
Karl Henize
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1926-10-17
Deceased 1993-10-05
Status Deceased
Type Government
Loren Acton
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1936-03-07
Status Retired
Type Payload Specialist
Story Musgrave
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1935-08-19
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.
