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STS-4 was the fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and also the fourth for Space Shuttle Columbia. Crewed by Ken Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield, the mission launched on June 27, 1982, and landed a week later on July 4, 1982. Due to parachute malfunctions, the SRBs were not recovered.

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Spaceflight.name
STS-4
Spaceflight.names_list
Space Transportation System-4
Spaceflight.image
STS-4 launch.jpg
Spaceflight.image_caption
Columbia begins its final test flight from Launch Complex 39A of KSC
Spaceflight.mission_type
Flight test
Spaceflight.operator
NASA
Spaceflight.orbits_completed
113
Spaceflight.crew_size
2
Spaceflight.launch_date
(11:00amEDT)
Spaceflight.launch_site
Kennedy, LC-39A
Spaceflight.launch_contractor
Rockwell International
Spaceflight.landing_date
UTC (9:09:40amPDT)
Spaceflight.landing_site
Edwards, Runway22
Spaceflight.orbit_reference
Geocentric orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_regime
Low Earth orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
28.50°
Spaceflight.orbit_period
90.30 minutes
Spaceflight.apsis
gee

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Wikidata facts

Duration
608971
Mass
11109
Orbital period
90.3
Image
STS-4 launch.jpg
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Commons category
STS-4
UTC date of spacecraft launch
1982-06-27
Commons gallery
STS-4
orbits completed
113
UTC date of spacecraft landing
1982-07-04
orbital inclination
28.5
periapsis
295
apoapsis
302
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11 sections
Contents
  • Crew
  • Backup crew
  • Support crew
  • Crew seat assignments
  • Mission summary
  • Gallery
  • Mission insignia
  • Wake-up calls
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

STS-4 was the fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and also the fourth for Space Shuttle Columbia. Crewed by Ken Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield, the mission launched on June 27, 1982, and landed a week later on July 4, 1982. Due to parachute malfunctions, the SRBs were not recovered.

STS-4 was the final test flight for the Space Shuttle; it was thereafter officially declared to be operational. Columbia carried numerous scientific payloads during the mission, as well as military missile detection systems.

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