STS-41-B was NASA's tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched on February 3, 1984 and landed on February...
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by STS-41-B. After this mission, Columbia was taken out of service for renovations and did not fly again until STS-61-C in early January 1986. STS-9 sent...
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STS-41-C (formerly STS-13) was NASA's eleventh Space Shuttle mission, and the fifth mission of Space Shuttle Challenger. The launch, which took place on...
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Bruce McCandless II (section STS-41-B)
four hours of MMU flight time. He flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-B and STS-31. Challenger launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February...
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Vance D. Brand (section STS-41-B)
mission operations. Brand flew on four space missions; Apollo–Soyuz, STS-5, STS-41-B, and STS-35. He logged 746 hours in space and commanded three missions....
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STS-41-G (formerly STS-17) was the 13th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. Challenger launched on...
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designation with STS 26 and the return to flight in 1988. STS-41 itself was flown in 1990. Other STS-41s include: STS-41-B STS-41-C STS-41-D - First flight...
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Discovery. Palapa B2 and Westar 6, meanwhile, had been deployed during the STS-41-B mission earlier in the year, but had been placed into improper orbits due...
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Prior to the Challenger disaster, McNair flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-B aboard Challenger from February 3 to 11, 1984, becoming the second African...
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NASA Astronaut Corps (section B)
– STS-61-B, STS-30 Michael Clifford – STS-53, STS-59, STS-76 Michael Coats – STS-41-D, STS-29, STS-39 Kenneth Cockrell – STS-56, STS-69, STS-80, STS-98...
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