The launch preparations for the Space Transportation System 4 flight of the space shuttle Columbia are described. The details of the spacecraft's mission profile are given. Several experiments and payloads are described. An account of the remote manipulator system is given. Studies of long-term thermal extremes on the orbiter subsystems and a survey of orbiter induced contamination of the payload bay are identified as mission priorities.


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    Title :

    Columbia undergoes final shakedown during seven-day STS-4 mission


    Publication date :

    1982-06-07


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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