Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-B
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Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-B was a 1984 NASA Space Shuttle flight notable for deploying communications satellites and featuring early tests of the Manned Maneuvering Unit for untethered spacewalks.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-41-B | 0 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
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Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| alternateDesignation | STS-11 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Vance D. Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| crewMember |
Bruce McCandless II
NERFINISHED
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Robert L. Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert L. Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald E. McNair NERFINISHED ⓘ Vance D. Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 5 ⓘ |
| deployedSatellite |
Palapa B2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Westar 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| EVAActivity |
MMU test by Robert L. Stewart
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first MMU test by Bruce McCandless II ⓘ |
| EVAStartDate |
1984-02-07
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1984-02-09 ⓘ |
| EVATotalTime | ~11 hours ⓘ |
| firsts |
first Space Shuttle landing at Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
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first use of Manned Maneuvering Unit in space ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1984-02-11 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1984-02-03 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 7 days 23 hours 15 minutes ⓘ |
| missionDurationDays | 7.97 ⓘ |
| missionNumberInProgram | 10 ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| missionPatchFeature | Space Shuttle Challenger and MMU astronaut ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Bruce McCandless II
NERFINISHED
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Robert L. Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald E. McNair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType | communications satellite deployment and technology demonstration ⓘ |
| NASADesignation | STS-41-B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextMission | STS-41-C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | first untethered spacewalks using the Manned Maneuvering Unit ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | ~306 km ⓘ |
| orbiterFlightNumber | Challenger-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 28.5 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | ~296 km ⓘ |
| orbitPeriod | ~90.7 minutes ⓘ |
| payload |
Manned Maneuvering Unit
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Palapa B2 communications satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01) experiments ⓘ Westar 6 communications satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedEVA | yes ⓘ |
| pilot | Robert L. Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousMission | STS-9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveredBy | runway landing at Kennedy Space Center ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleOrbiter | Challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleProgram | Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ronald McNair