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STS-7 (7)
- CHALLENGER (2)
- Pad 39-A (19)
- 7th Shuttle mission
- 2nd Flight OV-99
- Extended mission
- Diverted landing
- 1st US Woman in Space
Crew:
- Robert L. Crippen (2), Commander
- Frederick H. Hauck (1), Pilot
- John M. Fabian (1), Mission Specialist
- Sally K. Ride (1), Mission Specialist
- Norman E. Thagard (1), Mission Specialist
Milestones:
- OPF - April 17,1983
- VAB - May 21,1983
- PAD - May 26, 1983
Payload:
- ANIK-C2,PALAPA-B1,SPAS-01,OSTA-2,MLR(2),CFES(3),GAS(x7)
Mission Objectives:
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Launch:
- June 18,1983,7:33:00 a.m. EDT. Launch proceeded as scheduled
with no delays. Launch Weight: 249,178 lbs.
Orbit:
- Altitude: 160nm-170nm
- Inclination: 28.5 degrees
- Orbits: 97
- Duration: Six days, two hours, 23 minutes, 59 seconds.
- Distance: 2,530,567 miles
Hardware:
- SRB: BI-007
- SRM: 007LW(SPM)
- ET : 7/SWT-6
- MLP : 1
- SSME-1:
- SSME-2:
- SSME-3:
Landing:
- June 24, 1983, 6:56:59 a.m. PDT, Runway 15, Edwards Air
Force Base, Calif. Rollout distance: 10,450 feet. Rollout time: 75
seconds. Planned landing at KSC scrubbed due to poor weather conditions.
Mission extended two revolutions to facilitate landing at Edwards. Orbiter
returned to KSC June 29, 1983. Landing Weight: 204,043 lbs.
Mission Highlights:
- Sally Ride became first American woman to fly in space. Two com-
munications satellites deployed, ANIK C-2 for TELESAT Canada
and PALAPA-B1 for Indonesia, both attached to Payload Assist
Module-D (PAM-D) motors. Seven Get Away Special canisters in
cargo bay held variety of experiments, including ones studying
affects of space on social behavior of ant colony in zero gravity. Ten
experiments mounted on Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01) performed
research in forming metal alloys in microgravity and use of
remote sensing scanner. Orbiter's small control rockets fired while
SPAS-01 held by remote manipulator system to test movement on extended
arm. Experiment 1: Investigate space sickness carried out. Other
payloads: Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications-2 (OSTA-2).
Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES); Monodisperse Latex Reactor
(MLR) and one Shuttle Student Involvement (SSIP) experiment.
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