Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-8
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-8
STS-8 was the third mission of Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed an Indian 10 and Weather satellite. It was the first night launch and night landing of the Shuttle program. It also carried the first African-American astronaut; Guion Bluford.
Space Shuttle Challenger
Serial OV-099
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1983-09-05T07:40:00+0000
Crew
Richard H. Truly
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1937-11-12
Deceased 2024-02-27
Status Deceased
Type Government
Daniel Brandenstein
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1943-01-17
Status Retired
Type Government
Dale Gardner
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1948-11-08
Deceased 2014-02-19
Status Deceased
Type Government
Guion Bluford
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1942-11-22
Status Retired
Type Government
William E. Thornton
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1929-04-14
Deceased 2020-01-14
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
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.
