Manned Flight nº: 91 |
Earth orbit Flight nº: 88 |
USA manned Flight nº: 38 |
Launch, orbit & landing data:
| Designation | 14132 / 83059A |
| Launch date - time | 18 Jun 1983 - 11:33:00 UT |
| Launch site | KSC, LC39A |
| Launch vehicle |
Space Shuttle (#7) |
| Orbiter | Challenger OV-099 (#2) |
| Primary payload | Anik C-2/Palapa B-1/SPAS 1 |
| Mass (kg) | 16839 |
| Earth orbit on : |
| - Perigee / Apogee | 299 x 307 km |
| - Inclination | 28.3° |
| - Period | 90.6 min |
| Landing date - time | 24 Jun 1983 - 13:56:59 UT |
| Landing location | Edwards AFB, Runway 15 |
| Flight Duration (d:hr:min) | 6d 02h 23m |
| Nbr orbits | 98 |
|
|
5 astronauts - 1e US woman.
Flight Crew
| Nr. |
Surname |
Given name |
Job |
Duration |
| 1 |
Crippen |
Robert Laurel |
CDR |
6d 02h 23m |
| 2 |
Hauck |
Frederick Hamilton "Rick" |
PLT |
6d 02h 23m |
| 3 |
Fabian |
John McCreary |
MSP |
6d 02h 23m |
| 4 |
Ride |
Sally Kristen |
MSP |
6d 02h 23m |
| 5 |
Thagard |
Norman Earl |
MSP |
6d 02h 23m |
Mission details:
Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Edwards
AFB; deploying of communications satellites Anik C-2/Telesat-7 (Canada)
and Palapa B-1 (Indonesia); first deployment and retrieval exercise with
the Shuttle Pallet Satellite-SPAS 01 (Germany); Sally Ride became first
American woman to fly in space; first mission with a crew of five persons;
electrophoresis experiments and Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR)
experiments.
 |
STS-7 - Bee Enclosure Module (BEM) - Credit: NASA.
|
Manned five crew. Deployed Anik C2, Palapa B1; deployed and retrieved SPAS platform. Payloads: Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (OSTA)-2 experiments, deployment of PALAPA-B1 communications satellite for Indonesia with Payload Assist Module (PAM)-D and Telesat-F communications satellite for Canada with PAM-D, German Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS)-01, seven getaway specials (GAS), Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR), Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES).
 | STS-7 - STS-7 launch - Credit: NASA. 14,603 bytes. 326 x 326 pixels. |
Orbits of Earth: 97. Distance traveled: 4,072,552 km. Orbiter Liftoff Mass: 113,025 kg. Orbiter Mass at Landing: 92,550 kg. Payload to Orbit: 16,839 kg. Payload Returned: 10,058 kg. Landed at: Runway 15 dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, . Landing Speed: 374 kph. Touchdown miss distance: 830 m. Landing Rollout: 3,185 m.
 | STS-7 - Air to air tracking views of the Challenger during launch of STS-7 mission - Credit: NASA. 25,395 bytes. 370 x 370 pixels. |
NASA Official Mission NarrativeMission Name: STS-7 (7)
CHALLENGER (2)
Pad 39-A (19)
7th Shuttle mission
2nd Flight OV-99
Extended mission
Diverted landing
1st US Woman in Space
 | STS-7 - Inflight views of the crew of STS-7 - Credit: NASA. 57,255 bytes. 613 x 613 pixels. |
Crew:
Robert L. Crippen (2), Commander
Frederick H. Hauck (1), Pilot
John M. Fabian (1), Mission Specialist
Sally K. Ride (1), Mission Specialist
Norman E. Thagard (1), Mission Specialist
 | STS-7 - Challenger's RMS arm grasps SPAS-01 during proximity operations - Credit: NASA. 62,043 bytes. 487 x 487 pixels. |
Milestones:
OPF - April 17,1983
VAB - May 21,1983
PAD - May 26, 1983 Payload:
ANIK-C2,PALAPA-B1,SPAS-01,OSTA-2,MLR(2),CFES(3),GAS(x7)
Mission Objectives:
 | STS-7 - Mission Specialist (MS) Ride sleeps in airlock - Credit: NASA. 24,695 bytes. 320 x 320 pixels. |
Launch:
June 18,1983,7:33:00 a.m. EDT. Launch proceeded as scheduled with no delays. Launch Weight: 249,178 lbs.
Orbit:
Altitude: 195nm
Inclination: 28.5 degrees
Orbits: 98
Duration: Six days, two hours, 23 minutes, 59 seconds.
Distance: 2,530,567 miles
 | STS-7 - Commander Crippen and Pilot Hauck on middeck - Credit: NASA. 24,031 bytes. 318 x 318 pixels. |
Hardware:
SRB: BI-007
SRM: 007LW(SPM)
ET : 7/SWT-6
MLP : 1
SSME-1:
SSME-2:
SSME-3: Landing:
June 24, 1983, 6:56:59 a.m. PDT, Runway 15, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Rollout distance: 10,450 feet. Rollout time: 75 seconds. Planned landing at KSC scrubbed due to poor weather conditions. Mission extended two revolutions to facilitate landing at Edwards. Orbiter returned to KSC June 29, 1983. Landing Weight: 204,043 lbs.
 | STS-7 - Full view of Challenger in space taken by the SPAS satellite - Credit: NASA. 50,372 bytes. 591 x 591 pixels. |
Mission Highlights:
Sally Ride became first American woman to fly in space. Two communications satellites deployed, ANIK C-2 for TELESAT Canada and PALAPA-B1 for Indonesia, both attached to Payload Assist Module-D (PAM-D) motors. Seven Get Away Special canisters in cargo bay held variety of experiments, including ones studying affects of space on social behavior of ant colony in zero gravity. Ten experiments mounted on Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01) performed research in forming metal alloys in microgravity and use of remote sensing scanner. Orbiter's small control rockets fired while SPAS-01 held by remote manipulator system to test movement on extended arm. Experiment 1: Investigate space sickness carried out. Other payloads: Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications-2 (OSTA-2). Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES); Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR) and one Shuttle Student Involvement (SSIP) experiment.
 STS-7 Mission Specialist Sally Ride poses on aft flight deck with her back to the onorbit station. Credit: NASA |
|
 |
STS-7 - Full views of Challenger in space taken by the SPAS
satellite - Credit: NASA. |
 |
STS-7 - Full views of Challenger in space taken by the SPAS
satellite - Credit: NASA. |
 |
STS-7 - Earth observations - STS-7 - Credit: NASA.
|
 |
STS-7 - Northwest Persian Gulf Region - Credit: NASA.
|
 STS-7 Challenger landing at Edwards Air Force Base in
southern California - Credit: NASA. |
 Sally Ride after STS-7 flight - Credit: Hartenstein pictures |
|
Ref.: #1, #6, #7, #8, #16, #79 - update: 12.03.17
|
Home |
