Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-L

Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-L

Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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STS-51-L

The tenth mission for Challenger, STS-51-L was scheduled to deploy the second in a series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, carry out the first flight of the Shuttle-Pointed Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN-203) / Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable in order to observe Halley's Comet, and carry out several lessons from space as part of the Teacher in Space Project and Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP).

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Space Shuttle Challenger


Serial OV-099

Launch Crew Count 7

Status Destroyed

Landing Time 1986-01-28T16:39:13+0000


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Crew

Dick Scobee

Commander

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1939-05-19

Deceased 1986-01-28

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


Michael J. Smith

Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1945-04-30

Deceased 1986-01-28

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


Christa McAuliffe

Payload Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1948-09-02

Deceased 1986-01-28

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


Ellison Onizuka

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1946-06-24

Deceased 1986-01-28

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


Gregory Jarvis

Payload Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1944-08-24

Deceased 1986-01-28

Status Lost In Flight

Type Government


Judith Resnik

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1949-04-05

Deceased 1986-01-28

Status Lost In Flight

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


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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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