Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-6

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.

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Space Shuttle Challenger


Serial OV-099

Launch Crew Count 4

Status Destroyed

Landing Time 1983-04-09T18:53:00+0000


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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


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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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