Historical mission record
This page records Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-4 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission
STS-4 was the fourth flight of the Space Shuttle program. The mission flew for a week in orbit and was the final test of the Space Shuttle. Further missions declared it officially operational.
- Launch vehicle
- Space Shuttle
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Spacecraft
- Space Shuttle Columbia
- Destination
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Provider
- Rockwell International
- Programs
- Space Shuttle
The people behind the mission
Meet the crew
Assignments reported in this mission's source record.
Launch, onboard and landing crews can differ.
Launch crew
Space Shuttle Columbia
Landing crew (2)Space Shuttle Columbia
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
- Height
- 56.1 m
- Diameter
- 8 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 135
- First flight
- 1981-04-12
Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
Instantaneous windowPublished target
SCHEDULED MOMENT
A single scheduled moment. The schedule may change before launch.
Launch site & orbit
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
The mission in perspective
Launch site & orbit
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Understand this orbit
Coverage & sources
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Mission coverage
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