Manned Flight n°: 86 |
Earth orbit Flight n°: 83 |
USA manned Flight n°: 35 |
Launch, orbit & landing data:
| Designation | 13300 / 82065A |
| Launch date - time | 27 Jun 1982 - 15:00:00 UT |
| Launch site | KSC, LC39A |
| Launch vehicle |
Space Shuttle (#4) |
| Orbiter | Columbia OV-102 (#4) |
| Primary payload | DoD 82-1 |
| Mass (kg) | 11109 |
| Call Sign | |
| Earth orbit on : |
| - Perigee / Apogee | 295 / 302 km |
| - Inclination | 28;5° |
| - Period | 90.3 min |
| Landing date - time | 04 Jul 1982 - 16:09:42 UT |
| Landing location | Edwards AFB, Runway 22 |
| Flight Duration (d:hr:min) | 7d 01h 09m |
| Nbr orbits | 113 |
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Flight Crew
| Nr. |
Surname |
Given name |
Job |
Duration |
| 1 |
Mattingly |
Thomas Kenneth II |
CDR |
7d 01h 09m |
| 2 |
Hartsfield |
Henry Warren, Jr. "Hank" |
PLT |
7d 01h 09m |
Mission details:
Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Edwards
AFB; fourth and final test flight of the Space Shuttle; first
Shuttle-flight with Department of Defense payload; test of the "Remote
Manipulator Arm"; first commercial experiment involving Continuous Flow
Electrophoresis System (CFES); cargo included first Get Away Specials
(G-001), which contained nine experiments from Utah State University; crew
took data for two medical experiments on themselves.
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STS-4 - Launch view of the STS-4 mission - Credit: NASA.
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Manned two crew. Fourth space shuttle test flight. Payloads: Induced Environment Contamination Monitor (IECM), Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR), Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES), Development Flight Instrumentation (DFl), Orbiter Experiments (OEX), first NASA getaway special (GAS), Night/Day Optical Survey of Lightning (NOSL) experiment, Vapor Phase Compression (VPC) freezer heat exchanger dynamics for freezing samples, Aerodynamic Coefficient Identification Package (AClP) experiment.
 | STS-4 - Pilot Hartsfield reviews TAGS teleprinter printout of instructions on middeck - Credit: NASA. 34,323 bytes. 320 x 320 pixels. |
Orbits of Earth: 112. Distance traveled: 5,310,835 km. Orbiter Liftoff Mass: 109,616 kg. Orbiter Mass at Landing: 94,774 kg. Payload to Orbit: 11,109 kg. Payload Returned: 11,109 kg. Landed at: Concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Cali. Landing Speed: 378 kph. Touchdown miss distance: 288 m. Landing Rollout: 3,010 m.
 | STS-4 - Commander Mattingly tangles with NOSL experiment on aft flight deck - Credit: NASA. 62,376 bytes. 619 x 619 pixels. |
NASA Official Mission NarrativeMission Name: STS-4 (4)
COLUMBIA (4)
PAD 39-A (16)
4th Shuttle mission
4th Flight OV-102
3rd RMS Mission
Crew:
Thomas K. Mattingly (2), Commander
Henry W. Hartsfield (1), Jr., Pilot
Milestones:
OPF - April 7, 1982
VAB - May 19,1982
PAD - May 26, 1982
 | STS-4 - View of the Columbia's RMS arm and end effector grasping IECM - Credit: NASA. 32,809 bytes. 441 x 441 pixels. |
Payload:
DoD 82-1,CFES(1),CIRRIS,MLR(2),IECM,SSIP(x2),GAS (G-001),VPCF
Mission Objectives: Launch:
June 27, 1982, 11:00:00 a.m. EDT. Launch proceeded as scheduled with no delays. Launch weight: 241,664 lbs.
Orbit:
Altitude: 197nm
Inclination: 28.5 degrees
Orbits: 113
Duration: Seven days, One hour, Nine minutes, 31 seconds.
Distance: 2,900,000 miles
 | STS-4 - Thunderstorm off Florida coast, USA - Credit: NASA. 31,922 bytes. 470 x 470 pixels. |
Hardware:
SRB: BI-004
SRM: 004SW(SPM)
ET : 5/SWT-4
MLP: 1
SSME-1: SN-2007
SSME-2: SN-2006
SSME-3: SN-2005 Landing:
July 4,1982,9:09:31 a.m. PDT, Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Rollout distance: 9.878 feet. Rollout time: 64 seconds. First landing-on 15.000-foot-long concrete runway at Edwards. Orbiter returned to KSC July 15,1982. Landing Weight: 208,946 lbs
 | STS-4 - STS-4 landing at Edwards Air Foce Base, California - Credit: NASA. 61,379 bytes. 615 x 615 pixels. |
Mission Highlights:
Final Space Transportation System research and development flight. In addition to classified Department of Defense payload, cargo included first Get Away Specials, (G-001) which contained nine experiments from Utah State University; first commercial experiment involving Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES); Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR); Induced Environment Contamination Monitor (IECM), which was deployed, and two Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP) experiments. Crew rock data for two medical experiments on themselves, operated remote manipulator arm to swing IECM around orbiter, and took photos of lightning activity in Earth's atmosphere. Two solid rocket booster casings lost when main parachutes failed and they impacted water and sank. Some rainwater penetrated protective coating of several tiles while orbiter on pad. On orbit, affected area turned toward sun and water vaporized, preventing further tile damage from freezing water.
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STS-4 - STS-4 landing at Edwards Air Foce Base, California -
Credit: NASA. |
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