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| Crew: 5 | CDR - Vance D. Brand |
| Plt - Robert L. Gibson | |
| MS 1 - Ronald E. McNair | |
| MS 2 - Robert L. Stewart (EV-2) | |
| MS 3 - Bruce McCandless II (EV-1) | |
| Launch | 3 February 1984 @ 1259:59.998 |
| Orbital incl: | 28.46 |
| Max alt: | 320.3 km. |
| Orbits: | 127 |
| Dur: | 7:23:15:55 |
| Landing: | 11 February 1984 @ 0715:55 EST |
| Launch Window: | 13 minutes (8:00 - 8:13 am EST, on-time) |
| TAL Sites: | Dakar was below weather minimum durin glaunch. 109% power authorized to reach AOA site after passing RTLS option (not TAL site) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB |
| Primary landing site: | SLF/KSC |
| Landing Speed: | 196 knots (225 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 10,815' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,498,443 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 250,285 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 201,238 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 33,868 lbs |
| Landing weight: | 19,005 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | RMS-201, EMU's 1040 & 1038, PLSS 1007 Backup, galley, Mini-Mads, Special Equipment Stowage Assembly (SESA), MFR, MMU's Unit's 2 & 3 in Flight Support Stations (FSS), T-Pad, Solar Max electrical box on SPAS and teleprinter |
| HS-376 Westar-6/PAM-D - 1984-011B | Deployed mass - 7,307 lbs, Westar-6 - 1,290 lbs (Note Both PAM's failed, see STS-51A |
| HS-376 Palapa-B2/PAM-D - 1984-011D | Deployed mass - 7,556 lbs, Palapa-B2 - 1,400 lbs |
| Integrated Rendezvous Target (IRT) - 1984-011C | Deployed mass - 210 lbs (6.5' diameter aluminized mylar balloon did not inflate, burst after deployment from GAS canister - Proximity Operations cancelled) |
| SPAS-01A | Mass - 5,022 lbs. See STS-7 for expirements (with changes only to MAUS-1 & 2) MAUS-1 (Exp. DG-200 Slipcasting), MAUS-2 (Exp. DG-315 Gas Bubbles in Glass Melts) NOTE: SPAS was not exteded as planned by RMS due to wrist motor malfunction |
| EVA-1 - 7 February, duration 5 hrs., 55 min. | McCandless - MMU3 | Duration - 1 hour, 22 minute | ||
| Stewart - MMU 3 | Duration - 1 hour, 9 minute | |||
| EVA-2 - 9 February, duration 6 hrs., 17 min. | McCandless - MMU2 | Duration - 47 minutes | ||
| Stewart - MMU2 | Duration - 44 minutes | |||
| McCandless - MMU3 | Duration - 1 hour, 8 minutes |
| OEX: | ACIP/HiRAP (see STS-6) |
| Mid-deck: | ISF (Isoelectric Focusing Exp.), MLR (see STS-3), RME (see STS-8) * ACES (Acoustic Containerless Experiment System) |
| GAS: | 1) G-0051, 2) G-0008, 3) G-0004, 4) G-0309, Cinema-360 cameras (mid-deck & GAS can) |
| SSIP: | SE81-10 (Arthritic Rats in Animal Enclosure Module) |
| SSME's: | 2109 (1) - 1st use, 2015 (2) & 2012 (3) - both on fourth use. At liftoff 100%, same after throttle-up |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-99/106 & RP-99/105 - all fourth use |
| ET: | ET-10 (LWT-03) |
| SRB's: | SRM-10 - Booster set successfully recovered, on parachute failed on each booster |
| Left - 10A | Right - 10B | |||
| 1-B | 009 | Fwd | 006 | 1-A |
| 5-B | 023 | Cyl | 037 | 3-A |
| 3-B | 031 | Cyl | 057 | 3-B |
| D-5 | L11 | Cyl | L38 | New |
| New | L51 | Cyl | L39 | New |
| D-5 | L15 | Cyl | L40 | New |
| New | L42 | Cyl | L41 | New |
| 1-B | 012 | Att | 007 | G-3 |
| 3-A | 011 | Stf | 014 | 3-B |
| 3-A | 012 | Stf | 015 | 3-B |
| 1-A | 009 | Aft | 008 | 2-A |
| 7 March 1983 | ET-10 arrives on dock at KSC |
| 11 September 1983 | OV-099 arrives OPF-1 following STS-8 |
| 3 January 1984 | ET/SRB mate |
| 6 January 1984 | OV-099 rollover from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay 3 for stacking same day |
| 11 January 1984 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A |
| 16 January 1984 | TCDT dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard orbiter |
| 20 January 1984 | Payload installed in cargo bay |
| 31 January 1984 | Astronaut arrival at KSC |
| 1 February 1984 | "Call to stations" 43 hr. countdown started at 2 am EST |
| 3 February 1984 | Launch |
| 11 February 1984 | Landing SLF/KSC and returned to OPF same day |