NAME OF ASTRONAUT | DESCRIPTION |
BRUCE MCCANDLESS | HE COMPLETED THE FIRST UNTETHERED SPACEWALK BY USING THE MANNED MANEUVERING UNIT. |
DESCRIPTION | NAME OF SITE | CITY | STATE |
BIRTHPLACE | HOSPITAL | BOSTON | MASSACHUETTS |
SCHOOL | WOODROW WILSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | LONG BEACH | CALIFORNIA |
SCHOOL | US NAVAL ACADEMY | ANNAPOLIS | MARYLAND |
SCHOOL | STANDFORD UNIVERSITY | PALO ALTO | CALIFORNIA |
MUSEUM | STEVEN UDVAR HAZY | CHANTILLY | VIRGINIA |
SCHOOL | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | HOUSTON | TEXAS |
WORKED | MISSION CONTROL CAPSULE COMMUNICATOR | HOUSTON | TEXAS |
NAME OF VEHICLE | NAME OF ORBITER | MISSION NUMBER | MISSION DESCRIPTION | LOCATION | CITY | STATE/COUNTRY |
SPACE SHUTTLE | SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER | STS-41B | STS-41-B was NASA’s tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched on 3 February 1984, and landed on 11 February 1984 after deploying two communications satellites. It was also notable for including the first untethered spacewalk. Following STS-9, the flight numbering system for the Space Shuttle program was changed. Because the original successor to STS-9, STS-10, was canceled due to payload delays, the next flight, originally and internally designated STS-11, became STS-41-B as part of the new numbering system. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
SPACE SHUTTLE | SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY | STS-31 | The main purpose of this mission was to deploy Hubble. It was designed to operate above the Earth’s turbulent and obscuring atmosphere to observe celestial objects at ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared wavelengths. The Hubble mission was a joint NASA-ESA (European Space Agency) effort going back to the late 1970s.The rest of the mission was devoted to photography and onboard experiments. To launch HST into an orbit that guaranteed longevity, | STEVEN UDVAR HAZY | CHANTILLY | VIRGINIA |