STS-7

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STS-7 was a 1983 NASA Space Shuttle mission notable for carrying Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space during the flight.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
callsign Space Shuttle Challenger
surface form: Challenger
carriedAstronaut Sally K. Ride
surface form: Sally Ride
commander Robert L. Crippen
surface form: Robert Crippen
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewMember Frederick H. Hauck
John M. Fabian NERFINISHED
Norman E. Thagard
Robert L. Crippen
surface form: Robert Crippen

Sally K. Ride
crewSize 5
firsts first U.S. mission with a crew of five
first flight of Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01)
followedBy STS-8
landingDate 1983-06-24
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base
launchDate 1983-06-18
launchMass about 116,000 kg
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
missionDuration 2 hours
23 minutes
59 seconds
6 days
missionNumber seventh Space Shuttle mission
missionSpecialist John M. Fabian NERFINISHED
Norman E. Thagard
Sally K. Ride
missionType satellite deployment and science mission
notableFor advancing women’s participation in NASA astronaut corps
first American woman in space
operator NASA
orbitApogee approximately 306 km
orbitInclination 28.5 degrees
orbitingBody Earth
orbitPerigee approximately 299 km
orbitsCompleted 97
payload ANIK C2 communications satellite
Getaway Special canisters
Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications-2 (OSTA-2)
PALAPA B1 communications satellite
Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01)
pilot Frederick H. Hauck
precededBy STS-6
program NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
spacecraft Space Shuttle Challenger
spacecraftSerialNumber OV-099
yearOfSpaceflight 1983

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Sally spaceMission STS-7
subject surface form: Sally Ride