![]() The 39th mission of the program by Discovery started from April 28 to May 6, 1991. It put the now-famous Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. STS-31 took place from April 24, 1990, until April 29, 1990, with Discovery. Seven asteroids were subsequently named in honor of the crew members. The accident was caused by the rupture of one of the O-rings of one of the two solid rock thrusters attached to the main hydrogen tank. However, the Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after take-off, instantly killing the seven crew members on January 28, 1986. ![]() This was the 25th dramatic mission for NASA. The 17th flight was operated by Challenger from April 29 to May 6, 1985. It was also a mission to launch telecommunications satellites and recover the failed Solar Max satellite. During this mission, the first free spacewalk took place, that is to say, without any physical link connecting an astronaut to his spaceship. STS-41-BĬhallenger did the 10th flight in space from February 3 to 11, 1984. This mission was also carrying the first African-American astronaut, Guion Bluford. The objective was to launch a telecommunications satellite and test the Canadarm arm with a heavy payload. The eighth flight of the American program was with Challenger and took place from August 30 to September 5, 1983. The objective was the launch of several telecommunications satellites. It is also the first time that an American woman, Sally Ride, had gone into orbit (the third woman in orbit after the Russian’s Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaïa). This is the first time a spacecraft had put a crew of five into orbit. The seventh mission of the program was by the Space Shuttle Challenger from June 18 to 24, 1983. Also, note that this was the first time that a spacecraft had put a crew of four into orbit. The main objective was to deploy two commercial satellites and a scientific load. The fifth flight, again with Columbia, took place from November 11 to 16, 1982. This involved testing the autopilot system during landing. The third flight for the program and the space shuttle Columbia took place from March 22 to 30, 1982. The mission was cut short due to a problem with the fuel cells. The objective was to test the Canadarm remote control arm. It was then the first time that a manned spacecraft left Earth for the second time and returned to space. The second flight in the program and the second flight for Columbia, the STS-2, took place from November 12 to 14, 1982. A total distance of 1,729,348 km (1,074,567 miles) was traveled, and 36 orbits were completed. The flight took two days, six hours, 20 minutes, and 53 seconds. Space Transportation System 1 (STS-1) was the first orbiter of the shuttle project from NASA. The first US flight in a space shuttle was the Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) from 12th to 14th April 1981.
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