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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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