STS-6

**STS-6**
Organization	NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type	Earth Science,Human Crew
Launch date	April 4, 1983
Launch vehicle	Space Shuttle
Launch site	Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID	1983-026A
Inclination	28.45 degrees
Experiments	Here
Alternate Names	13968
Additional Information	Here
Data Collection	Here
Payload Mass Up	21277 kg
Payload Mass Down	4284.09 kg
Orbiter	Challenger
Lift Off Mass	2,039,661.36 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff	116,701.82 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing	86,513.64 kg
Landed	Concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Orbits of Earth	80
Orbital Altitude	155 nautical miles (178 statute miles)

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Crew

Commander: Paul Weitz
Pilot: Karol Bobko
- Payload Commander:
- Mission Specialist 1: Donald Peterson
- Mission Specialist 2: Story Musgrave
- Mission Specialist 3:
- Mission Specialist 4:
- Mission Specialist 5:
- Payload Specialist 1:
- Payload Specialist 2:

ISS/Mir Crew Transport

Mission

STS 6 was the second operational flight of the Space Transportation System. Astronauts Paul Weitz, Karol Bobko, Donald Peterson, and Story Musgrove were on board and deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) used to provide improved tracking and data acquisition services to spacecraft in low earth orbit. An EVA (extra- vehicular activity) was performed. The mission duration was 120 hours 23 minutes 42 seconds.

EVA

Extravehicular Activity (EVA) conducted by Story Musgrave and Donald Peterson, 3 hours and 54 minutes.

Payload

Deployment of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-A with Inertial Upper Stage (lUS)-2; Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES); Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR); Night/Day Optical Survey of Lightning (NOSL) experiment; three getaway specials (GAS)

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