Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-6
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-6
STS-6 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite into orbit for NASA, forming an integral part of NASAs in-space 10. It was also the first Space Shuttle mission involving a spacewalk. It was the first mission in which the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) was used.
Space Shuttle Challenger
Serial OV-099
Launch Crew Count 4
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1983-04-09T18:53:00+0000
Crew
Paul J. Weitz
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1932-07-25
Deceased 2017-10-22
Status Deceased
Type Government
Karol J. Bobko
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1937-12-23
Deceased 2023-08-17
Status Deceased
Type Government
Donald H. Peterson
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1933-10-22
Deceased 2018-05-27
Status Deceased
Type Government
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.
