Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-6
Rockwell International · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Rockwell International's 5th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 2,673rd orbital launch attempt
April 4, 1983Add to calendar
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Apr 4, 18:30 – Apr 4, 18:30 UTC
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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.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Paul J. WeitzCommander · NASA
Story MusgraveMission Specialist · NASA
Karol J. BobkoPilot · NASA
Donald H. PetersonMission Specialist · NASA
Booster
No booster details available.
Watch
- STS-6 Launch Multi-View — lunarmodule5
- STS-6 Countdown & Launch - 2 (Challenger) — lunarmodule5
