Space Shuttle Challenger STS-41-G

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Space Shuttle Challenger STS-41-G was a 1984 NASA Space Shuttle mission notable for deploying the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite and carrying the first crew of seven, including the first American woman to perform a spacewalk.

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instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
commander Robert L. Crippen
country United States
crewMember David C. Leestma
Jon A. McBride
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Marc Garneau
Paul D. Scully-Power
Robert L. Crippen
Sally K. Ride
crewSize 7
EVAcount 1
EVAcrewMember David C. Leestma
Kathryn D. Sullivan
EVApurpose demonstrate Orbital Refueling System techniques
followedBy STS-51-A
linked to: STS-51A
landingDate 1984-10-13
landingSite Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1984-10-05
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Challenger
missionDuration 8 days 5 hours 23 minutes
missionObjective conduct Earth observation and remote sensing experiments
deploy Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS)
perform technology and materials experiments in orbit
missionSpecialist David C. Leestma
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Sally K. Ride
notableEvent first American woman performed a spacewalk
operator NASA
orbitApogee 221 kilometers
orbitInclination 57.0 degrees
orbitPerigee 219 kilometers
orbitPeriod 89.7 minutes
payload Canadian Experiments (CANEX)
Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
IMAX camera
Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications-3 (OSTA-3)
Shuttle Imaging Radar-B (SIR-B)
payloadSpecialist Marc Garneau
Paul D. Scully-Power
pilot Jon A. McBride
precededBy STS-41-D
spacecraft Space Shuttle Challenger
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program
spacewalkPerformedBy Kathryn D. Sullivan
wasFirst first Space Shuttle mission with a crew of seven
yearOfMission 1984

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David C. Leestma spaceFlight Space Shuttle Challenger STS-41-G