Space Suttle Missions

By Chartow

  • Challenger 5

    Challenger 5
    Comsat deployment, first flight of an African American in space, Guion Bluford; test of robot arm on heavy payloads with Payload Flight Test Article, First night landing

  • Discovery 5

    Discovery 5
    DIscovery 5 was the 20th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Missions

  • Atlantis 5

    Atlantis 5
    Second classified DoD mission; DSCS satellite deployment; first flight of Atlantis

  • Atlantis 7

    Atlantis 7
    Multiple comsat deployment, EASE/ACCESS experiment. First Mexican in space, Rodolfo Neri Vela

  • Challenger Space Disaster

    Challenger Space Disaster
    Challenger broke apart in 73 seconds of flight which led to the death of 7 crew members. It fell apart of the Atlantic Ocean, at 11:38 eastern time