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{{Infobox Space mission
| mission_name = STS-7
| insignia = STS-7 patch.svg
| shuttle = Challenger
| launch_pad = 39-A
| launch = [[June 18]], [[1983]], 11:33:00 [[UTC]]
| landing = [[June 24]], [[1983]], 14:56:59 UTC <br />[[Edwards Airforce Base]]
| duration = 6d/02:23:59
| altitude = 296 to 315 km
| inclination = 28.5°
| distance = 4,072,553 km)
| crew_photo = Sts-7-crew.jpg
| crew_caption = L-R: Ride, Fabian, Crippen, Thagard, Hauck
| previous = [[STS-6]] [[Image:Sts-6-patch.png|40px|STS-6]]|
| next = [[STS-8]] [[Image:STS-8 patch.png|35px|STS-8]]
}}
'''STS-7''' was a [[space shuttle]] mission by [[NASA]] using the [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']], launched [[June 18]], [[1983]]. This was the seventh [[space shuttle]] mission, and was the second mission for the Space Shuttle ''Challenger''. It was also the first American mission to have a female [[astronaut]].
== Crew ==
<small>Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission.</small>
*[[Robert L. Crippen]] (2) - Commander
*[[Frederick H. Hauck]] (1) - Pilot
*[[John M. Fabian]] (1) - Mission Specialist
*[[Sally Ride|Sally K. Ride]] (1) - Mission Specialist
*[[Norman E. Thagard]] (1) - Mission Specialist
==Mission parameters==
*'''[[Mass]]:'''
**''Orbiter Liftoff:'' 113,025 kg
**''Orbiter Landing:'' 92,550 kg
**''Payload:'' 16,839 kg
*'''[[Perigee]]:''' 299 km
*'''[[Apogee]]:''' 307 km
*'''[[Inclination]]:''' 28.3°
*'''[[Orbital period|Period]]:''' 90.6 min
== Mission highlights ==
[[Image:STS-7 Anik C2 deployment.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Deployment of Anik C2]]
[[Image:STS-7 PALABA-B1 deploy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Deployment of Palapa B-1]]
[[Image:STS-7 SPAS-1.jpg|thumb|left|150px|SPAS-1 grappled by the RMS]]
The ''Challenger''’s second flight began at 7:33 a.m. EST, [[June 18]], [[1983]], with another on-time liftoff. It was the first flight of an American woman in space -- [[Sally Ride|Sally K. Ride]] -- and also the largest crew to fly in a single spacecraft up to that time, five people.
Crew members included [[Robert L. Crippen]], commander, making his second Shuttle flight; [[Frederick H. Hauck]], pilot; Ride, [[John M. Fabian]] and [[Norman Thagard]], all mission specialists. Thagard conducted medical tests of the [[Space Adaptation Syndrome]] nausea and sickness frequently experienced by astronauts during the early phase of a space flight.
Two [[communications satellite]]s -- Anik C-2 for Telesat of [[Canada]], and [[Palapa B-l]] for [[Indonesia]] -- were successfully deployed during the first 2 days of the mission. The mission also carried the first Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-l) built by Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm, a [[West Germany|West German]] aerospace firm. SPAS-l was
unique in that it was designed to operate in the payload bay or be deployed by the [[Remote Manipulator System|RMS]] as a free-flying satellite. It carried 10 experiments to study formation of metal alloys in microgravity, the operation of [[heat pipe]]s, instruments for remote sensing observations, and a mass spectrometer to identify various gases in the payload bay. It was deployed by the RMS and flew alongside and over ''Challenger'' for several hours while a U.S.-supplied camera took pictures from the SPAS-1 of the orbiter performing various maneuvers. The RMS later grappled the pallet and returned it to the payload bay.
This mission also carried seven [[Getaway Special|GAS]] canisters which contained a wide variety of experiments, as well as the OSTA-2 payload, a joint U.S.-West German scientific pallet payload. Finally, the orbiter's Ku-band antenna was able to relay data through the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite to a ground terminal for the first time.
STS-7 was scheduled to make the first Shuttle landing at the [[Kennedy Space Center]]'s Shuttle Landing Facility. However, unacceptable weather forced a change to Runway 23 at [[Edwards AFB]]. The landing took place [[June 24]], 1983, at 6:57 a.m. PDT. The mission lasted 6 days, 2 hours, 23 minutes, 59 seconds. It covered about 2.2 million miles during 97 orbits of the Earth. ''Challenger'' was returned to KSC on June 29.
== Mission insignia ==
The seven white stars in the black field of the mission patch, as well as the arm extending from the shuttle in the shape of a 7, tell the flight's numerical designation in the Space Transportation System's mission sequence. The five-armed symbol on the right side illustrates the four male/one female crew.
==See also==
* [[Space science]]
* [[Space shuttle]]
* [[Space Shuttle Challenger]]
* [[List of space shuttle missions]]
* [[List of human spaceflights chronologically]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-7.html STS-7 Mission Data]
* [http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/chron/sts-7.htm STS-7 Mission Chronology]
* [http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle07.htm STS-7 Video Highlights]
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