STS-41-CSpace Shuttle Challenger OV-099 Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Fri ยท Apr 6th, 1984 8:58 AM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BETwxIOUtAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdyq_KXO_Rc Crew Robert Crippen Commander Status: Retired 9/11/1937 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/12/1981 Last Flight: 10/5/1984 Robert Laurel Crippen is an American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and retired astronaut. He traveled into space four times: as Pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttle mission; and as Commander of STS-7 in June 1983, STS-41-C in April 1984, and STS-41-G in October 1984. Crippen received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Dick Scobee Pilot Status: Lost In Flight 5/19/1939 - 1/28/1986 Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/6/1984 Last Flight: 1/28/1986 Francis Richard Scobee was an American pilot and astronaut. He was killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission. Terry Hart Mission Specialist Status: Retired 10/27/1946 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/6/1984 Last Flight: 4/6/1984 Terry Jonathan "T.J." Hart is an American mechanical and electrical engineer, a retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel and pilot, and former NASA astronaut. Hart was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978. He flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-C and logged a total of 168 hours in space. James van Hoften Mission Specialist Status: Retired 6/11/1944 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/6/1984 Last Flight: 8/27/1985 James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften, Ph.D. is an American civil and hydraulic engineer, retired U.S. Navy officer and aviator, and a former astronaut for NASA. George Nelson Mission Specialist Status: Retired 7/13/1950 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/6/1984 Last Flight: 9/29/1988 George Driver "Pinky" Nelson is an American physicist, astronomer, science educator, and a former NASA astronaut. Mission STS-41-C Location Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 185 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Rocket Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launch: April 4, 1983 Space Shuttle Challenger was the second orbiter of NASA’s space shuttle program to be put into service following Columbia. Its maiden flight, STS-6, started on April 4, 1983. It launched and landed nine times before breaking apart 73 seconds into its tenth mission, STS-51-L, on January 28, 1986, resulting in the death of all seven crew members, including a civilian school teacher. It was the first of two shuttles to be destroyed in flight, the other being Columbia in 2003. The Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 rocket has been launched a total of 10 times with 9 successful and 1 failed launches. Agency Lockheed Space Operations Company Type: Commercial Abbreviation: LSOC Country: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule