STS-41-C

Name: Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 | STS-41-C
Start: 1984-04-06T13:58:00+00:00
End: 1984-04-06T14:58:00+00:00
Location: Launch Complex 39A

Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099

Lockheed Space Operations Company

Launch Status

Success

Fri • Apr 6th, 1984
1:58 PM UTC

Crew

Robert Crippen

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

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

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

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

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

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.