STS-6 Mission

Launch Service Provider

Rockwell International

Vehicle

Space Shuttle

Crew

Paul J. Weitz

Karol J. Bobko

Donald H. Peterson

Story Musgrave

STS-6 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite into orbit for NASA, forming an integral part of NASAs in-space 10. It was also the first Space Shuttle mission involving a spacewalk. It was the first mission in which the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) was used.