STS-4
Columbia begins its final test flight from Launch Complex 39A of KSC | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-4 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Flight test |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1982-065A |
| SATCAT no. | 13300 |
| Mission duration | 7 days, 1 hour, 9 minutes, 31 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 4,700,000 km (2,900,000 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 113 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia |
| Launch mass | 109,616 kg (241,662 lb) |
| Landing mass | 94,774 kg (208,941 lb) |
| Payload mass | 11,109 kg (24,491 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 15:00, June 27, 1982 (UTC) (11:00 am EDT) |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| Contractor | Rockwell International |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | July 4, 1982, 16:09:40 UTC (9:09:40 am PDT) |
| Landing site | Edwards, Runway 22 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 295 km (183 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 302 km (188 mi) |
| Inclination | 28.50° |
| Period | 90.30 minutes |
STS-4 mission patch Hartsfield and Mattingly | |
STS-4 was the fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and also the fourth for Space Shuttle Columbia. Crewed by Ken Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield, the mission launched on June 27, 1982, and landed a week later on July 4, 1982. Due to parachute malfunctions, the SRBs were not recovered.
STS-4 was the final test flight for the Space Shuttle; it was thereafter officially declared to be operational. Columbia carried numerous scientific payloads during the mission, as well as military missile detection systems.