STS-8
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Missionsstatistik | |||||
Missionsnavn: | STS-8 | ||||
Rumagentur: | NASA | ||||
Rumfærge: | Challenger (3) | ||||
Antal besætningsmedlemmer: | 5 | ||||
Affyringsrampe: | LC-39A (KSC) | ||||
Opsendelse: | 30. August 1983 | ||||
Landing: | 5. September 1983 | ||||
Landet på: | Edwards Air Force Base | ||||
Varighed: | 6 dage, 2 timer | ||||
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STS-8 (Space Transportation System-8) var Challengers tredje rumfærge-mission. Opsendt d. 30. august 1983 og vendte tilbage den 5. september 1983.
Et kraftigt uvejr opstod mens rumfærgen stod klar på rampen, det var den første opsendelse hvor en rumfærge skulle opsendes om natten.
Rumsyge svarer til transportsyge, men på de tidlige missioner forstod man ikke fænomenet, så en del af missionen var dedikeret til at undersøge problemet. På rumfærgen var der udover besætningen seks rotter om bord, rotternes adfærd og reaktioner blev undersøgt.
Et elektroforeseeksperiment udnyttede det vægtløse miljø. I 1980'erne ville man gerne opføre automatiske rumfabrikker, hvor elektroforese skulle kunne raffinere lægemidler. Challengers havari i 1986, samt forbedrede jordbundne produktionsmetoder fik mere eller mindre aflivet disse visioner.
På missionen blev en indisk satellit INSAT-1B sat i kredsløb.
Rumfærgens Ku-bånd-antenne blev testet mod TDRS-1 satellitten. Frontenden af rumfærgen blev holdt væk fra sollyset i 14 timer for at undersøge virkning af ekstrem kulde.
- Nyttelast[1]
- INSAT-1B, Indisk satellit
- Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES)
- Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSlP) experiment
- Incubator-Cell Attachment Test (l CAT)
- Investigation of STS Atmospheric Luminosities (ISAL)
- Radiation Monitoring Equipment (RME)
Hovedartikler:
Besætning
- Richard Truly (kaptajn)
- Daniel Brandenstein (pilot)
- Dale Gardner (missionsspecialist)
- Guion Bluford (missionsspecialist)
- William Thornton (missionsspecialist)
Eksterne henvisninger
- Wikimedia Commons har flere filer relateret til STS-8
- STS-8 NASA (engelsk)
- ^ [(engelsk) STS-8 Kennedy Space Center Arkiveret 16. juni 2008 hos Wayback Machine
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April 29, 1983
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS
STS-8 INSIGNIA --- The night launch of Challenger heading toward its third earth-orbital mission is featured in the official insignia for
STS-8. The eighth flight of the United States Space Transportation System is represented by eight stars of the constellation Aquila, "The Eagle," Astronauts Richard H. Truly, commander; Daniel C. Brandenstein, pilot; Dale A. Gardner, Guion S. Bluford, and William E. Thornton--all mission specialists--have their sumames on the border of the insignia.Official STS-8 crew portrait in flight suits. Seated from left to right are Daniel C. Brandenstein, pilot; Richard H. Truly, commander; and Guion S. Bluford Jr., Mission specialist. Standing from left to right are Dale A. Gardner, mission specialist; and William E. Thornton, mission specialist. Film Type: 120 mm
A powerful electrical storm created an eerie tapestry of light in the skies near Complex 39A in the hours preceding the launch of Challenger on mission STS-8 at 2:32 a.m. EDT today. Driving rains and the dazzling lightning display ceased after this photograph was taken by a remote camera set up by Sam Walton of United Press International and mission officials were able to proceed with the launch.
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Challenger's roll-out from the orbiter processing facility (OPF) to the vehicle assembly building (VAB) is underway as preparations continue towards launch of STS-8. Challenger is being towed into the VAB by tractor, with parked cars on all sides. Close-up view of the Challenger as it is towed in to the VAB. The Kennedy Space Center alternative photo number is 108-KSC-83PC-533 (39145).
Forfatter/Opretter: Kwamikagami, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
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