Space Shuttle Columbia

Launch Time
Mon Mar 22, 1982 16:00 UTC

Shuttle R&D flight and the first and only landing at White Sands, New Mexico.

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NASA

Status: Retired

Price: $450.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 30,250 kN

Payload to LEO: 27,500 kg

Payload to GTO: 3,810 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 2

Rocket Height: 56.1 m

Details

White Sands Runway 17

130 day turnaround

The mission involved extensive orbital endurance testing of the Columbia itself, as well as numerous scientific experiments.

Total Mass: 10,301.0 kg

Low Earth Orbit

23rd orbital launch attempt

3rd mission

1st mission of 1982

3rd successful mission