STS-5
| Mission Insignia | |
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| Mission Statistics | |
| Mission: | STS-5 |
| Shuttle: | Columbia |
| Launch Pad: | 39-A |
| Launch: | November 11, 1982 7:19:00 a.m. EST |
| Landing: | November 16, 1982 6:33:26 a.m. PST |
| Duration: | Five days, two hours, 14 minutes 26 seconds. |
| Orbit Altitude: | 184 nautical miles |
| Orbit Inclination: | 28.5 degrees |
| Miles Traveled: | 2,110,849 miles |
| Crew photo | |
| File:Sts-5-crew.jpg | |
STS-5 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched November 11, 1982. This was the fifth space shuttle mission, and was also the fifth mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia.
The mission of the STS-5
This was the first operational mission of the space shuttle program. This mission also carried the largest crew at that time - 4 astronauts, and the first two commercial satellites to be flown.
Aside from launching the mentioned commercial satellites, the crew also conducted a West German microgravity experiment and three student experiments.
The first spacewalk for the shuttle program had to be cancelled due to problems with the spacesuits. The walk was to be performed by both mission specialists.
Crew
- Commander: Vance D. Brand
- Pilot: Robert F. Overmyer
- Mission Specialist: Joseph P. Allen
- Mission Specialist: William B. Lenoir
Mission Parameters
- Mass: kg
- Perigee: 294 km
- Apogee: 317 km
- Inclination: 28.5°
- Period: 90.5 min
Related articles
- Space science
- Space shuttle
- Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
- List of space shuttle missions
- List of human spaceflights chronologically
External links
| Previous Mission: STS-4 |
Space Shuttle program | Next Mission: STS-6 |