Saturday, October 7, 2023

Day 3: STS-41-G crew continue Earth-observing observations 1984

 
Shuttle Imaging Radar-B deployment

The crew woke up to John Denver’s Leaving on a Jet Plane on Day 3, October 7.  They lowered Challenger’s orbit to 140 miles, which was the optimal altitude for the Shuttle Imaging Radar-B (SIR-B) and other Earth-observing instruments. Garneau continued his CANEX investigations.  Leestma conducted several scheduled ORS fuel transfers.  Scully-Power continued his oceanography studies. 



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