Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Columbia (STS-5) launched in 1982



The fifth flight of the Super Shuttle program (STS-5) and the fifth flight for Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 11, 1982.  The crew consisted of four members:

Commander Vance Brand
Pilot Robert Overmyer
Specialist 1 Joseph P. Allen
Specialist 2 William B. Lenoir

The crew deployed two commercial communications satellites and planned a space walk.  However, Lenoir got sick and two of the space suits developed problems so the EVA was cancelled.

They returned to Earth November 16.


Space Shuttle Columbia deploying a commercial communications satellite.

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