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| Flight | Launch | Landing | Name | Country | Parameters | |
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| STS-41B | February 3, 1984 (13:00 GMT) |
February 11, 1984 (12:15 GMT) |
Commander: Vance Brand (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 5) |
USA | M | Perigee: 350 km Apogee: 350 km Inclination: 28.5° 128 orbits 2 spacewalks |
| Pilot: Robert Gibson (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Bruce McCandless (1st Flight) (NASA Group 5) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) (4th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
1st landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (Runway 15) |
Mission Specialist 2: Ronald McNair (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Time 7 days 23 hours 15 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Robert Stewart (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz T-10(B) (7K-ST #15L) |
February 8, 1984 (12:07 GMT) |
April 11, 1984 (10:48 GMT) |
Commander: Leonid Kizim (2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 3) (Down - Soyuz T-11) (236 days 22 hours 49 minutes) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 226 km Apogee: 274 km Inclination: 51.6° 1,002 orbits 6 spacewalks |
| Flight Engineer: Vladimir Soloviyov (1st Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 4) (Down - Soyuz T-11) (236 days 22 hours 49 minutes) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Site-31 (Launch Pad 6) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
160 km E of Dzhezkazgan (50° N, 68° E) |
Research Engineer: Oleg Atkov (1st Flight) (AMN Detachment) (Down - Soyuz T-11) (236 days 22 hours 49 minutes) |
USSR | M | ||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U |
Docked with Salyut 7 February 9, 1984 (14:43 GMT) (Forward Port) |
Undocked from Salyut 7 April 11, 1984 (07:33 GMT) (Forward Port) |
1st Backup Crew: Vladimir Vasyutin | USSR | M | Time 62 days 22 hours 41 minutes |
| 1st Backup Crew: Viktor Savinkyh | USSR | M | ||||
| 1st Backup Crew: Valeri Polyakov | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Aleksandr Viktorenko | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Vitali Sevastiyanov | USSR | M | ||||
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| Soyuz T-11 (7K-ST #17L) |
April 3, 1984 (13:08 GMT) |
October 2, 1984 (10:57 GMT) |
Commander: Yuri Malyshev (2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 4) (Down - Soyuz T-10(B)) (7 days 21 hours 40 minutes) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 202 km Apogee: 240 km Inclination: 51.6° 2,871 orbits |
| Site-31 (Launch Pad 6) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
46 km E of Arkalyk (47° N, 69° E) |
Flight Engineer: Gennadi Strekalov (3rd Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 3) (Down - Soyuz T-10(B)) (7 days 21 hours 40 minutes) |
USSR | M | ||
| Docked with Salyut 7 April 4, 1984 (14:31 GMT) (Aft Port) |
Undocked from Salyut 7 October 2, 1984 (07:35 GMT) (Forward Port) |
Researcher: Rakesh Sharma (1st Flight) (Indian Cosmonaut) (Down - Soyuz T-10(B)) (7 days 21 hours 40 minutes) |
India | M | ||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U |
Port Relocation April 13, 1984 (10:27 GMT - 10:47 GMT) (Aft Port to Forward Port) |
Backup Crew: Anatoli Berezovoy | USSR | M | Time 181 days 21 hours 48 minutes |
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| Backup Crew: Georgi Grechko | USSR | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: Ravish Malhotra | India | M | ||||
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| STS-41C | April 6, 1984 (13:58 GMT) |
April 13, 1984 (13:38 GMT) |
Commander: Robert Crippen (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 7) |
USA | M | Perigee: 579 km Apogee: 579 km Inclination: 28.5° 108 orbits 2 spacewalks |
| Pilot: Francis Scobee (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Terry Hart (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) (5th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
9th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 17) |
Mission Specialist 2: James van Hoften (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Time 6 days 23 hours 40 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: George Nelson (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz T-12 (7K-ST #18L) |
July 17, 1984 (17:40 GMT) |
July 29, 1984 (12:55 GMT) |
Commander: Vladimir Dzhanibekov (4th Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 5) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 282 km Apogee: 309 km Inclination: 51.6° 186 orbits 1 spacewalk |
| Flight Engineer: Svetlana Savitskaya (2nd Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 5) |
USSR | F | ||||
| Site-31 (Launch Pad 6) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
140 km SE of Dzhezkazgan (47° N, 67° E) |
Research Engineer: Igor Volk (1st Orbital Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U2 #006 |
Docked with Salyut 7 July 18, 1984 (19:17 GMT) (Aft Port) |
Undocked from Salyut 7 July 29, 1984 (09:38 GMT) (Aft Port) |
Backup Crew: Vladimir Vasyutin | USSR | M | Time 11 days 19 hours 14 minutes |
| Backup Crew: Yekaterina Ivanova | USSR | F | ||||
| Backup Crew: Viktor Savinkyh | USSR | M | ||||
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| STS-41D | August 30, 1984 (12:41 GMT) |
September 5, 1984 (13:37 GMT) |
Commander: Henry Hartsfield (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 7) |
USA | M | Perigee: 340 km Apogee: 340 km Inclination: 28.5° 97 orbits |
| Pilot: Michael Coats (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Richard Michael Mullane (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) (1st Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
10th landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (Runway 17) |
Mission Specialist 2: Steven Hawley (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Time 6 days 0 hours 56 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Judith Resnik (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | F | ||||
| Payload Specialist 1: Charles Walker (1st Flight) (McDonnel Douglas) |
USA | M | ||||
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| STS-41G | October 5, 1984 (11:03 GMT) |
October 13, 1984 (16:26 GMT) |
Commander: Robert Crippen (4th Flight) (NASA Group 7) |
USA | M | Perigee: 404 km Apogee: 404 km Inclination: 57° 133 orbits 1 spacewalk |
| Pilot: Jon McBride (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Sally Ride (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | F | ||||
| Mission Specialist 2: Kathryn Sullivan (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | F | ||||
| Mission Specialist 3: David Leestma (1st Flight) (NASA Group 9) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) (6th Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
2nd landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (Runway 33) |
Payload Specialist 1: Paul Scully-Power (1st Flight) (DOD Civil Observer) |
USA | M | Time 8 days 5 hours 23 minutes |
| Payload Specialist 2: Marc Garneau (1st Flight) (CSA Group 1) |
Canada | M | ||||
| Backup Payload Specialist 1: Robert Stevenson | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Payload Specialist 2: Robert Thirsk | Canada | M | ||||
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| STS-51A | November 8, 1984 (12:15 GMT) |
November 16, 1984 (11:59 GMT) |
Commander: Frederick Hauck (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | Perigee: 342 km Apogee: 342 km Inclination: 28.5° 127 orbits 2 spacewalks |
| Pilot: David Walker (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
| Mission Specialist 1: Joseph Allen (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 6) |
USA | M | ||||
| Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) (2nd Mission) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
3rd landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (Runway 15) |
Mission Specialist 2: Anna Fisher (1st Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | F | Time 7 days 23 hours 44 minutes |
| Mission Specialist 3: Dale Gardner (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 8) |
USA | M | ||||
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| Buran Analogue Taxi Test 1 |
December 29, 1984 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soviet Union |
Test Pilot: Rimantas Stankyavichus (1st Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Speed: 45 kph | |
| Test Pilot: Igor Volk (1st Buran Analogue Flight) (LII Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Time 5 minutes |
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