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STS-10

Mission

Part of STS

Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.

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Planned Department of Defense shuttle mission. Cancelled due to payload delays.

More at: STS-10.

People: Mattingly, Shriver, Buchli, Onizuka, Wright, Keith, Payton
Projects: STS

Chronology

3 events

1983 November

STS-10 (cancelled) - . Crew: Buchli, Mattingly, Onizuka, Payton, Shriver. Backup Crew: Wright, Keith. Payload: DoD Mission. Nation: USA. Program: STS. Flight: STS-10. Planned Department of Defense shuttle mission. Cancelled due to payload delays..

1984 February 7

EVA STS-10-1 - . Crew: McCandless, Stewart. EVA Duration: 0.23 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: McCandless, Stewart. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-10. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Challenger. Tested MMU manoeuvring unit in free flight..

1984 February 9

EVA STS-10-2 - . Crew: McCandless, Stewart. EVA Duration: 0.25 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: McCandless, Stewart. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-10. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Challenger. Tested MMU manoeuvring unit in free flight..