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STS-51L mission summary, mission, summary, challenger, › full details 1979 people looked at this STS-1 mission summary, mission, summary, › full details, sts1 524 people looked at this STS-107 mission summary, mission, › full details, summary, sts107 703 people looked at this STS-135: The Final Voyage › mission summary, sts135 the final voyage, mission, summary, atlantis floats over the bahamas 703 people looked at this Missions mission, missions highlights, new, current missions, multimedia 23429 people looked at thisSpace Shuttle Mission ArchivesText SizeGrow Text SizeShrink Text SizeAverage Rating: 3.8 / 5 (24 ratings)HELPHELPHELPHELPHELPHELP STS-4 Mission: Department of Defense/Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) Space Shuttle: Columbia Launch Pad: 39A Launched: June 27, 1982 at 11:00:00 a.m. EDT Launch Weight: 241,664 pounds Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Landing: July 4, 1982 at 9:09:31 a.m. PDT Runway: 22 Rollout Distance: 9,878 feet Rollout Time: 73 seconds Revolution: 113 Mission Duration: 7 days, 1 hour, 9 minutes and 31 seconds Returned to KSC: July 15, 1982 Orbit Altitude: 197 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 28.5 degrees Miles Traveled: 2.9 million Crew Members Image above: STS-4 Crew photo with Commander Thomas K. Mattingly II and Pilot Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr. Image Credit: NASA Mission Highlights The Final Space Transportation System research and development flight. In addition to classified Department of Defense payload, cargo included first Get Away Specials, (G-001) which contained nine experiments from Utah State University; first commercial experiment involving Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES); Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR); Induced Environment Contamination Monitor (IECM), which was deployed, and two Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP) experiments. Crew performed medical experiments on themselves for two student projects, operated remote manipulator arm to swing IECM around orbiter, and took photos of lightning activity in Earth's atmosphere. Two solid rocket booster casings were lost when main parachutes failed and they impacted the water and sank. Some rainwater penetrated protective coating of several tiles while orbiter on pad. On orbit, affected area turned toward sun and water vaporized, preventing further tile damage from freezing water. NASA's John F. 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