STS-6

Paul J. Weitz

• Birthday: 07/25/1932
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 05/25/1973
• Last Flight: 04/04/1983

Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew ...

Karol J. Bobko

• Birthday: 12/23/1937
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/04/1983
• Last Flight: 10/03/1985

Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and a former...

Donald H. Peterson

• Birthday: 10/22/1933
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/04/1983
• Last Flight: 04/04/1983

Donald Herod Peterson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Peterson was originally selected for the Air ...

Story Musgrave

• Birthday: 08/19/1935
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/04/1983
• Last Flight: 11/19/1996

Franklin Story Musgrave, M.D. is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker[2] and consultant...

Mission

STS-6

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

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

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 199 rockets, including 198 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 257 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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