STS-3
Sign in to saveSTS-3 was NASA's third Space Shuttle mission and the third mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. It launched on March 22, 1982 and landed eight days later on March 30, 1982. The mission, crewed by Jack R. Lousma and C. Gordon Fullerton, involved extensive orbital endurance testing of Columbia itself, as well as numerous scientific experiments. STS-3 was the first shuttle launch with an unpainted external tank and the only mission to land at the White Sands Space Harbor near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The orbiter was forced to land at White Sands due to flooding at its origin
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-3
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-3
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-3 landing.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- STS-3 landing at Northrop Strip, White Sands, New Mexico, on March 30, 1982, with two T-38 Talon chase planes observing.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Flight test
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 130
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 2
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (11:00amEST)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (9:04:45amMST)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- White Sands, Northrop Strip Runway17
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 38.00°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 89.40 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Backup crew
- Support crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission summary
- Mission insignia
- Wake-up calls
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-3 was NASA's third Space Shuttle mission and the third mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. It launched on March 22, 1982 and landed eight days later on March 30, 1982. The mission, crewed by Jack R. Lousma and C. Gordon Fullerton, involved extensive orbital endurance testing of Columbia itself, as well as numerous scientific experiments. STS-3 was the first shuttle launch with an unpainted external tank and the only mission to land at the White Sands Space Harbor near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The orbiter was forced to land at White Sands due to flooding at its originally planned landing site, Edwards Air Force Base.
== Crew ==