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STS-41C Mission: Long Duration Exposure Facility deploy, first on-orbit 
spacecraft repair
Space Shuttle: Challenger
Launch Pad: 39A
Launch Weight: 254,254 pounds
Launched: April 6, 1984 at 8:58:00 a.m. EST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Landing: April 13, 1984 at 5:38:07 a.m. PST
Landing Weight: 196,975 pounds
Runway: 17
Rollout Distance: 8,716 feet
Rollout Time: 49 seconds
Revolution: 108
Mission Duration: 6 days, 23 hours, 40 minutes, 7 seconds
Orbit Altitude: 313 nautical miles
Orbit Inclination: 28.5 degrees
Miles Traveled: 2.9 million

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Image above: STS-41C Crew photo with Commander Robert L. Crippen, Pilot Francis 
R. Scobee, Mission Specialists Geroge D. Nelson, James D. A. Van Hoften and 
Terry J. Hart. Image Credit: NASA

Mission Highlights

 The first direct ascent trajectory for space shuttle. Using the manned 
maneuvering unit, astronauts replaced the altitude control system and 
coronagraph/polarimeter electronics box in the Solar Max satellite while it 
remained in orbit. The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) was deployed, 
carrying 57 experiments which were left on orbit with an intention of retrieving 
them during a later mission. Other payloads on this mission were: IMAX camera; 
Radiation Monitoring Equipment (RME); Cinema 360; Shuttle Student Involvement 
Program (SSlP) experiment.

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