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From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Shuttle History Wanted
Message-ID: <160@ihlts.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 1-Jul-83 11:16:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  1 11:16:00 1983
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Can someone fill in the details I am missing on the manned
shuttle missions?  Mail or posting here will be appreciated.

Manned free flight (ALT) tests in OV-101 Enterprise:
           Time     Separation                            Test
  Date     m:ss      Altitude      Crew                   Objectives

08/12/77   5:21      24100 ft     Haise, Fullerton       separation test
09/13/77   5:28      26000 ft     Engle, Truly           flight control
09/23/77   5:34      24700 ft     Haise, Fullerton       test autoland
10/12/77   2:34      22400 ft     Engle, Truly           no tail fairing
10/26/77   2:02      19900 ft     Haise, Fullerton       15000 ft. runway



STS  Launched   Duration  Rev.  OV#  Crew (CDR, PLT, MS, ...)

 1   04/12/81   54:20:52   36   102  John W. Young, Robert L. Crippen
 2   11/12/81   54:13:??   36   102  Joe H. Engle, Richard H. Truly
 3   03/22/82  193:??:??  128?  102  Jack R. Lousma, Charles G. Fullerton
 4   06/27/82  168:??:??  112?  102  Thomas K. Mattingly, Henry W. Hartsfield
 5   11/11/82  122:14:25   81   102  Vance D. Brand, Robert F. Overmyer,
                                     William B. Lenoir, Joseph P. Allen
 6   04/04/83  120:24:32   80   099  Paul J. Weitz, Karol J. Bobko,
    @13:30 EST                       F. Story Musgrave, Donald H. Peterson
 7   06/18/83  146:24:20   98   099  Robert L. Crippen, Frederick H. Hauck,
    @06:33 EST                       John M. Fabian, Sally K. Ride,
                                     Norman E. Thagard

Notes:
STS-1   Landed Rogers Lake bed at Edwards AFB (EAFB).
STS-2   Successful RMS test.  Shortened from 83 rev (124 hr) mission
        because of fuel cell failure.  Landed EAFB again.
STS-3   Landed Northrup strip at White Sands NM one day late due to
        high winds there; EAFB was too wet.
STS-4   Final test flight.  SRBs lost in Atlantic.  First landing on
        concrete runway (#22 EAFB).
STS-5   EVA scrubbed due to EMU failure.  Launched SBS, Canada Telesat
        (Anik-C) satellites.
STS-6   First flight of Challenger.  TDRS-A deployed but IUS failed.
        First U.S. EVA in 9 years (Musgrave & Peterson, 04/07/83).
STS-7   Launched Canada Telesat (Anik) and Indonesian (Palapa) satellites.
        Deployment, formation, and retrieval of SPAS-01.  KSC landing
        cancelled because of fog; landed EAFB #22.


If any of this is incorrect, PLEASE don't hesitate to correct me.

	Roger Noe		...ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe