STS-41B

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NASA spaceflight Space Shuttle mission low Earth orbit mission

STS-41B was a 1984 NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission best known for the first untethered spacewalks using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.

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Label Occurrences
STS-41-B 11
STS-41B canonical 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
low Earth orbit mission ⓘ
ChallengerFlightNumber 4 ⓘ
commander Vance D. Brand ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewSize 5 ⓘ
deployedSatellite Palapa B2 ⓘ
Westar 6 ⓘ
EVA first untethered EVA by Bruce McCandless II ⓘ
untethered EVA by Robert L. Stewart ⓘ
EVAcount 2 ⓘ
EVAtotalTime approximately 11 hours ⓘ
firstUntetheredSpacewalk true ⓘ
followedBy STS-41C ⓘ
landingCharacteristic first Shuttle landing at Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
landingDate 1984-02-11 ⓘ
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
laterSalvagedBy STS-51A ⓘ
launchDate 1984-02-03 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
missionDuration 7 days 23 hours 15 minutes ⓘ
approximately 191 hours ⓘ
missionNumberInProgram 10 ⓘ
missionPatchFeature astronaut using Manned Maneuvering Unit ⓘ
missionSpecialist Bruce McCandless II ⓘ
Robert L. Stewart ⓘ
Ronald McNair ⓘ
surface form: Ronald E. McNair
notableFor first untethered spacewalks ⓘ
first use of Manned Maneuvering Unit in space ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitApogee approximately 306 km ⓘ
orbitInclination 28.5 degrees ⓘ
orbitPerigee approximately 296 km ⓘ
orbitPeriod approximately 90 minutes ⓘ
pilot Robert L. Gibson ⓘ
precededBy STS-9 ⓘ
primaryMissionType satellite deployment ⓘ
technology demonstration ⓘ
satelliteDeploymentOutcome Palapa B2 stranded in improper orbit ⓘ
Westar 6 stranded in improper orbit ⓘ
spacecraft OV-099 ⓘ
Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
spaceShuttleProgram NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
usedEquipment Manned Maneuvering Unit ⓘ
yearOfSpaceflight 1984 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NASA Space Shuttle program → notableMission → STS-41B ⓘ
Ronald McNair → mission → STS-41B ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-41-B
STS-41-D → precededBy → STS-41B ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-41-B
Space Shuttle Challenger → notableMission → STS-41B ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-41-B
OV-099 → notableMission → STS-41B ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-41-B
Manned Maneuvering Unit → usedOnMission → STS-41B ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-41-B
Manned Maneuvering Unit → firstUsedOnMission → STS-41B ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-41-B
Westar 6 → launchMission → STS-41B ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-41-B
Palapa B2 → launchMission → STS-41B ⓘ
Westar 6 stranded in improper orbit → launchedOnMission → STS-41B ⓘ
Westar 6 stranded in improper orbit → relatedMission → STS-41B ⓘ
STS-9 → followedBy → STS-41B ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-41-B
STS-41C → previousMission → STS-41B ⓘ
Vance D. Brand → spaceMission → STS-41B ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-41-B
Bruce McCandless II → spaceMission → STS-41B ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-41-B
Bruce McCandless II → spacewalkOccurredOnMission → STS-41B ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-41-B