STS-41B

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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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AI-generated illustration of STS-41B

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
STS-41-B 20
STS-41B canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
low Earth orbit mission ⓘ
ChallengerFlightNumber 4 ⓘ
commander Vance D. Brand ⓘ
country 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 E. McNair ⓘ
linked to: Ronald 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 Space Shuttle program ⓘ
usedEquipment Manned Maneuvering Unit ⓘ
yearOfSpaceflight 1984 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

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

Ronald McNair → mission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
STS-41-D → precededBy → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
Space Shuttle Challenger → notableMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
OV-099 → notableMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
Manned Maneuvering Unit → usedOnMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
Manned Maneuvering Unit → firstUsedOnMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
Westar 6 → launchMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
Palapa B2 → launchMission → STS-41B ⓘ
STS-9 → followedBy → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
STS-41C → previousMission → STS-41B ⓘ
Vance D. Brand → spaceMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
Bruce McCandless II → spaceMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
Bruce McCandless II → spacewalkOccurredOnMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
Robert L. Stewart → spaceMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
MMU → firstFlightMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
MMU → usedOnMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
MMU backpack → firstUsedInMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
MMU backpack → usedInMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
Challenger (OV-099) → mission → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
STS-41-C → previousMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
subject linked to: 41C
linked to: STS-41B
Bruce McCandless II → spaceMission → STS-41-B ⓘ
subject linked to: McCandless
linked to: STS-41B
STS-41-B → NASADesignation → STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B