Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-B

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Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-B

STS-41-B was the tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed 2 communication satellites and inluded the first untethered spacewalk. It was also the first shuttle mission to land at Kennedy Space Center.

Mission type: Communications · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Rocket: Space Shuttle · Provider: Lockheed Space Operations Company

Launch pad

Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)