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41-B (Flight # 10) 3-11 February 1984

Challenger (4)

Crew:
    Vance D. Brand [3], Commander
    Robert L. Gibson [1], Pilot
    Bruce McCandless, II [1], Mission Specialist
    Ronald E. McNair [1], Mission Specialist
    Robert L. Stewart [1], Mission Specialist

Launch:
    Pad: 39-A (10)
    Date: 3 February 1984
    Time: 13:00:00 UTC

Orbit:
    Altitude: 189 nm
    Inclination: 28.5 degrees
    Orbits: 128
    Duration: 7 days, 23 hours, 15 minutes, 55 seconds
    Distance: 3,311,380 miles

Landing:
    Location: Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, FL (1)
    Date: 11 February 1984
    Time: 12:15:55 UTC
    Rollout: 1 minute, 7 seconds (3,294 meters, 10,807 feet)

Highlights:
    First untethered space walks by McCandless and Stewart. Two satellites were deployed, but the modules used to boost them to a higher orbit failed and left them in low earth orbits. First landing at the Kennedy Space Center.