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| STS-6 | April 4, 1983 (18:30 GMT) |
April 9, 1983 (18:53 GMT) |
Commander: Paul Weitz (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 5) |
USA | M | Perigee: 329 km Apogee: 329 km Inclination: 28.5° 81 orbits 1 spacewalk |
| Pilot: Karol Bobko (1st Flight) (NASA Group 7) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) (1st Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
5th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 22) |
Mission Specialist 1: Story Musgrave (1st Flight) (NASA Group 6) |
USA | M | Time 5 days 0 hours 23 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 2: Donald Peterson (1st Flight) (NASA Group 7) |
USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz T-8 (7K-ST #13L) |
April 20, 1983 (13:10 GMT) |
April 22, 1983 (13:28 GMT) |
Commander: Vladimir Titov (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 6) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 200 km Apogee: 230 km Inclination: 51.6° 32 orbits |
| Flight Engineer: Gennadi Strekalov (2nd Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 3) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Serebrov (2nd Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 4) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U #372 |
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
60 km NE of Arkalyk (51° N, 68° E) |
1st Backup Crew: Vladimir Lyakhov | USSR | M | Time 2 days 0 hours 17 minutes |
| 1st Backup Crew: Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov | USSR | M | ||||
| 1st Backup Crew: Viktor Savinkyh | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Vladimir Vasyutin | USSR | M | ||||
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| STS-7 | June 18, 1983 (11:33 GMT) |
June 24, 1983 (13:56 GMT) |
Commander: Robert Crippen (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 7) |
USA | M | Perigee: 296 km Apogee: 315 km Inclination: 28.5° 98 orbits |
| Pilot: Frederick Hauck (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: John Fabian (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) (2nd Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
6th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 15) |
Mission Specialist 2: Sally Ride (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | F | Time 6 days 2 hours 23 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Norman Thagard (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz T-9 (7K-ST #14L) |
June 27, 1983 (09:12 GMT) |
November 23, 1983 (19:58 GMT) |
Commander: Vladimir Lyakhov (2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 4) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 201 km Apogee: 229 km Inclination: 51.6° 2,365 orbits 2 spacewalks |
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
160 km E of Dzhezkazgan (48° N, 70° E) |
Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov (1st Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 4) |
USSR | M | ||
| Docked with Salyut 7 June 28, 1983 (10:46 GMT) (Aft Port) |
Undocked from Salyut 7 November 23, 1983 (16:40 GMT) (Forward Port) |
1st Backup Crew: Vladimir Titov | USSR | M | Time 149 days 10 hours 45 minutes |
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| 1st Backup Crew: Gennadi Strekalov | USSR | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U #379 |
Port Relocation August 16, 1983 (14:25 GMT - 14:45 GMT) (Aft Port to Forward Port) |
2nd Backup Crew: Yuri Malyshev | USSR | M | ||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Musa Manarov | USSR | M | ||||
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| STS-8 | August 30, 1983 (06:32 GMT) |
September 5, 1983 (07:40 GMT) |
Commander: Richard Truly (2nd Orbital Flight) (NASA Group 7) |
USA | M | Perigee: 353 km Apogee: 353 km Inclination: 28.5° 98 orbits |
| Pilot: Daniel Brandenstein (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Guion Bluford (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) (3rd Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
7th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 22) |
Mission Specialist 2: Dale Gardner (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Time 6 days 1 hour 8 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: William Thornton (1st Flight) (NASA Group 6) |
USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz T-10-1(A) (7K-ST #16L) |
September 26, 1983 (19:37 GMT) |
September 26, 1983 (19:43 GMT) |
Commander: Vladimir Titov (TsPK Detachment - Group 6) |
USSR | M | Launch vehicle blew up on launch pad |
| Flight Engineer: Gennadi Strekalov (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 3) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U |
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
1st Backup Crew: Leonid Kizim | USSR | M |
Crew rescued by launch abort system |
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| 1st Backup Crew: Vladimir Soloviyov | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Vladimir Vasyutin | USSR | M | Time 5 minutes |
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| 2nd Backup Crew: Viktor Savinkyh | USSR | M | ||||
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| STS-9 | November 28, 1983 (16:00 GMT) |
December 8, 1983 (23:47 GMT) |
Commander: John Young (6th Flight) (NASA Group 2) |
USA | M | Perigee: 287 km Apogee: 287 km Inclination: 57° 167 orbits |
| Pilot: Brewster Shaw (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Owen Garriott (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 4) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 2: Robert Parker (1st Flight) (NASA Group 6) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) (6th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
8th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 17) |
Payload Specialist 1: Byron Lichtenberg (1st Flight) (NASA Payload Specialist for SL-1) |
USA | M | Time 10 days 7 hours 47 minutes |
| Payload Specialist 2: Ulf Merbold (1st Flight) (ESA Group 1) |
Germany | M | ||||
| Backup Payload Specialist 1: Michael Lampton | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Payload Specialist 2: Wubbo Ockels | Netherlands | M | ||||
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