A prelaunch summary of the sixth Space Shuttle mission is provided. The Challenger orbiter; launching; uprated engines; lighter weight boosters; lightweight tank; external tank reduction; landing; the tracking and data relay satellite system (TDRSS), TDRS-1 deployment; the inertial upper stage (IUS), the spacewalk;electrophoresis, monodisperse latex reactor, night time/day time optical survey of lightning, and getaway special experiments are described.


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    Title :

    STS-6 sixth Space Shuttle mission. First flight of the Challenger


    Publication date :

    1983-04-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English