1983 · Rockwell International
STS-6
successSpace Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-6
STS-6 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite into orbit for NASA, forming an integral part of NASAs in-space 10. It was also the first Space Shuttle mission involving a spacewalk. It was the first mission in which the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) was used.
Overview
- Date / time
- April 4, 1983 at 06:30 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A
- Mission
- STS-6
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit