STS-41-C

Robert Crippen

• Birthday: 09/11/1937
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/12/1981
• Last Flight: 10/05/1984

Robert Laurel Crippen is an American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and retired astronaut...

Dick Scobee

• Birthday: 05/19/1939
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/06/1984
• Last Flight: 01/28/1986

Francis Richard Scobee was an American pilot and astronaut. He was killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger, which suff...

Terry Hart

• Birthday: 10/27/1946
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/06/1984
• Last Flight: 04/06/1984

Terry Jonathan "T.J." Hart is an American mechanical and electrical engineer, a retired United States Air Force lie...

James van Hoften

• Birthday: 06/11/1944
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/06/1984
• Last Flight: 08/27/1985

James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften, Ph.D. is an American civil and hydraulic engineer, retired U.S. Navy officer...

George Nelson

• Birthday: 07/13/1950
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/06/1984
• Last Flight: 09/29/1988

George Driver "Pinky" Nelson is an American physicist, astronomer, science educator, and a former NASA astronaut.

Mission

STS-41-C

• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $450,000,000

STS-41-C was the eleventh mission of the shuttle program and fifth mission for Space Shuttle Challenger. It marked the first time a shuttle performed a direct ascent. Its mission was to capsule the Solar Max Satellite and repair it whilst in orbit.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 208 rockets, including 207 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 rocket launches.

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

Rocket

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

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