STS-41-G

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Mission emblem
Mission emblem STS-41-G
Mission dates
Mission: STS-41-G
COSPAR-ID : 1984-108A
Crew: 7th
Begin: October 5, 1984, 11:03:00  UTC
Starting place: Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A
Number of EVA : 1
Landing: October 13, 1984, 16:26:33 UTC
Landing place: Kennedy Space Center, Lane 33
Flight duration: 8d 5h 23min 33s
Earth orbits: 133
Track height: 404 km
Orbit inclination : 57.0 °
Covered track: 5.3 million km
Payload: ERBS
Team photo
v. l. No. Front: Jon McBride, Sally Ride, Kathryn Sullivan, David Leestma; Back: Paul Scully-Power, Robert Crippen, Marc Garneau
v. l. No. Front: Jon McBride, Sally Ride, Kathryn Sullivan, David Leestma; Back: Paul Scully-Power, Robert Crippen, Marc Garneau
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STS-41-G ( English S pace T ransportation S ystem ) is a mission designation for the US Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-99) of NASA . The launch took place on October 5, 1984. It was the 13th space shuttle mission and the sixth flight of the space shuttle Challenger. On this mission, seven people flew in a spacecraft for the first time.

team

Substitute team

Originally, Robert Stevenson provided as a second payload specialist. However, he resigned due to the illness of his wife from the team and was replaced by Scully-Power.

Mission overview

In the course of the mission, NASA's Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (cost 470 million dollars) was deployed to study geological movements on the earth's surface. In addition, many tests were carried out with new devices for earth observation in the hold of the space shuttle, including the Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-B). Furthermore, the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere was measured through earth observations and the use of the MAPS measuring device.

To practice the refueling of satellites with hydrazine fuel, found an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) with a duration of 3 h 30 min by Leestma and Sullivan instead. The latter became the first American woman in free space.

With Sally Ride, a woman flew twice into space for the first time, and Marc Garneau was also the first Canadian in space. For the first time, seven astronauts and two women were on the crew of a shuttle. McBride, Sullivan, Leestma, Garneau and Scully-Power were space newbies.

About forty heat tiles were damaged on re-entry, but this did not pose a threat to the orbiter or the crew.

literature

  • Cooper, Henry SF, Jr., Before Lift-off: The Making of a Space Shuttle Crew , Johns Hopkins University Press 1987 (Cooper accompanied the STS-41-G crew from their selection to spaceflight)

See also

Web links

Commons : STS-41-G  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files