STS-6Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 Rockwell International Launch Status Success Mon ยท Apr 4th, 1983 1:30 PM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXtFLceor_s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIlWOY0vP9I Crew Paul J. Weitz Commander Status: Deceased 7/25/1932 - 10/22/2017 Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first manned Skylab mission. He was also Commander of the STS-6 mission, the first of the Space Shuttle Challenger flights. Karol J. Bobko Pilot Status: Retired 12/23/1937 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and a former USAF and NASA astronaut. Story Musgrave Mission Specialist Status: Retired 8/19/1935 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Franklin Story Musgrave, M.D. is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker[2] and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996 he became only the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights, and he is the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees. Donald H. Peterson Mission Specialist Status: Deceased 10/22/1933 - 5/27/2018 Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Donald Herod Peterson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Peterson was originally selected for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program, but, when that was canceled, he became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 on board Challenger. During the mission Peterson performed a spacewalk to test the new airlock and space suits. He logged 120 hours in space. Peterson retired from NASA in 1984. Mission STS-6 Type: Communications 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. 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 Rockwell International Type: Commercial Abbreviation: ROI Administration: Founded: Launchers: Spacecraft: Country: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule