STS-41-B
Sign in to saveSTS-41-B was NASA's tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth flight of the . It launched on February 3, 1984 and landed on February 11, 1984, after deploying two communications satellites. It was also notable for including the first untethered spacewalk.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-41-B
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- Space Transportation System-41BSTS-11
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- Bruce McCandless II during EVA in 1984.jpg
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- Bruce McCandless II demonstrates the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), floating in space above a clouded Earth.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Communications satellites deploymentEquipment testing
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- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 128
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.crew_EVAs
- 2
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (8:00amEST)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (7:15:55amEST)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.50°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.80 minutes
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Spacewalks
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission summary
- Crew
- Launch and satellite deployment
- Untethered EVA
- Scientific experiments
- Issues with the orbiter
- Return to Earth
- Mission insignia
- Wake-up calls
- After the mission
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
STS-41-B was NASA's tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth flight of the . It launched on February 3, 1984 and landed on February 11, 1984, after deploying two communications satellites. It was also notable for including the first untethered spacewalk.
Following STS-9, the flight numbering system for the Space Shuttle program was changed. Because the original successor to STS-9, STS-10, was canceled due to payload delays, the next flight, originally and internally designated STS-11, became STS-41-B as part of the new numbering system.