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STS-41G Mission: Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, Office of Space and 
Terrestrial Applications-3
Space Shuttle: Challenger
Launch Pad: 39A 
Launch Weight: 242,780 pounds
Launched: October 5, 1984 at 7:03:00 a.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Landing: October 13, 1984 at 12:26:38 p.m. EDT
Landing Weight: 202,266 pounds
Runway: 33 
Rollout Distance: 10,565 feet
Rollout Time: 54 seconds
Revolution: 133
Mission Duration: 8 days, 5 hours, 23 minutes, 38 seconds
Orbit Altitude: 218 nautical miles
Orbit Inclination: 57 degrees
Miles Traveled: 3.3 million 

Crew Members

                    

Image above: STS-41G Crew photo with Commander Robert L. Crippen, Pilot Jon A. 
McBride, Mission Specialists Kathryn D. Sullivan, Sally K. Ride, David C. 
Leestma and Payload Specialists Marc Garneau and Paul D. Scully-Power. Image 
Credit: NASA 

Mission Highlights

 This was the first flight to include two women, Ride and Sullivan. Sullivan was 
the first American woman to walk in space. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite 
(ERBS) was deployed less than nine hours into the flight. The Office of Space 
and Terrestrial Applications-3 (OSTA-3) carried three experiments in the payload 
bay. Components of Orbital Refueling System (ORS) were connected, demonstrating 
it is possible to refuel satellites in orbit. Other Payloads were: Large Format 
Camera (LFC); IMAX Camera, flying for the third time; a package of Canadian 
Experiments (CANEX); Auroral Photography Experiment (APE); Radiation Monitoring 
Equipment (RME); Thermoluminiscent Dosimeter (TLD); and eight Get Away Specials.

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