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 Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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 Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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 Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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 Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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 Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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 182 launches have been at this location. Rocket Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launched: 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 Administration: Founded: Launchers: Spacecraft: Country: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule