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STS-41-C post flight presentation, narrated by the astronauts (19 minutes). STS-41-C launched successfully at 8:58 a.m. EST on April 6, 1984. The mission marked the first direct ascent trajectory for the Space Shuttle; Challenger reached its 533 km (331 mi) - high orbit using its Orbiter Maneuvering System (OMS) engines only once, to ...
STS-41-D: Abort Space shuttle main engine (SSME) #3 replaced after a launch abort. 3 1985-03-05 Challenger: STS-51-E. STS-51-B. Payload Challenger was rolled back from Pad 39A due to a timing problem with the primary payload, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B (TDRS-B). The vehicle was de-stacked in the VAB and the orbiter returned to ...
STS-41 was the 36th Space Shuttle mission and the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission had a primary objective of launching the Ulysses probe as part of the " International Solar Polar Mission " (ISPM).
STS-41-B EVA 2 Bruce McCandless Robert Stewart: 9 February 1984 10:24 9 February 1984 16:41 6 h 17 min McCandless and Stewart continued testing the MMUs. They also continued practice with tools and procedures to be used with recovery and repair of the SMM satellite. [59] 50. STS-41-C EVA 1 George Nelson James van Hoften: April 8, 1984 14:18 ...
STS-41-B Challenger: Bruce McCandless II Robert L. Stewart Continued testing the MMUs and practice with tools and procedures to be used with recovery and repair of the SMM satellite. [5] 8 April 14:18 2 hours 38 minutes 16:56 STS-41-C Challenger: George Nelson James van Hoften: Nelson rode the MMU to the SMM satellite.
He served as Lead Data Processing Systems (DPS) Officer for STS-9 (Spacelab-1) and STS-41-D, Orbit DPS for STS-41-B and STS-41-C, and Ascent/Entry DPS for STS-41-G. He also served as a senior flight controller addressing issues requiring real-time resolution, for several flights from STS-51-A through STS-51-L. [ 3 ]
Canceled after STS-41-D was delayed [13] due to its RSLS abort. Most of STS-41-F's payloads were added to the STS-41-D mission and eventually launched in August 1984. [13] STS-41-F was scheduled to launch at 13:35 UTC on 29 August 1984, and land on Runway 17 at Edwards Air Force Base at 11:32 UTC on 4 September. [citation needed] STS-51-E March ...
It had been launched by the STS-41-C mission on April 7, 1984, and by January 1990 its orbit had decayed to about 175 nautical miles (324 km) and it was only a month or so away from re-entering the atmosphere and burning up. [23] The STS-32 mission lifted off from the KSC in the Space Shuttle Columbia on January 9, 1990. [24]