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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
alternateDesignation STS-11 ⓘ
commander Vance D. Brand ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewMember Bruce McCandless II ⓘ
Robert L. Gibson ⓘ
Robert L. Stewart ⓘ
Ronald E. McNair ⓘ
linked to: Ronald McNair

Vance D. Brand ⓘ
crewSize 5 ⓘ
deployedSatellite Palapa B2 ⓘ
Westar 6 ⓘ
EVAActivity MMU test by Robert L. Stewart ⓘ
first MMU test by Bruce McCandless II ⓘ
EVAStartDate 1984-02-07 ⓘ
1984-02-09 ⓘ
EVATotalTime ~11 hours ⓘ
firsts first Space Shuttle landing at Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
first use of Manned Maneuvering Unit in space ⓘ
landingDate 1984-02-11 ⓘ
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Robert L. Stewart ⓘ
Ronald E. McNair ⓘ
linked to: Ronald McNair
missionType communications satellite deployment and technology demonstration ⓘ
NASADesignation STS-41-B ⓘ
linked to: STS-41B
nextMission STS-41-C ⓘ
linked to: STS-41C
notableFor first untethered spacewalks using the Manned Maneuvering Unit ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitApogee ~306 km ⓘ
orbiterFlightNumber Challenger-4 ⓘ
orbitInclination 28.5 degrees ⓘ
orbitPerigee ~296 km ⓘ
orbitPeriod ~90.7 minutes ⓘ
payload Manned Maneuvering Unit ⓘ
Palapa B2 communications satellite ⓘ
Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01) experiments ⓘ
Westar 6 communications satellite ⓘ
performedEVA yes ⓘ
pilot Robert L. Gibson ⓘ
previousMission STS-9 ⓘ
recoveredBy runway landing at Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
spacecraft Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
spaceShuttleOrbiter Challenger ⓘ
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program ⓘ

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Ronald McNair → participantIn → Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-B ⓘ
subject linked to: McNair