Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-8
STS-8 was the third mission of Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed an Indian 10 and Weather satellite. It was the first night launch and night landing of the Shuttle program. It also carried the first African-American astronaut; Guion Bluford.
Space Shuttle Challenger (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was the second orbiter of NASA's space shuttle program to be put into service, after Columbia. Challenger was built by Rockwell International's Space…
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
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Mission Profile
STS-8 was a Space Shuttle mission operated by Rockwell International that lifted off from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on August 30, 1983. The flight carried its payload on a communications mission to Low Earth Orbit. It was flown as part of the Space Shuttle program. The launch was a success.