Space Shuttle Challenger Crew Members

Space Shuttle Orbiter (Challenger) Crew Members ... Astronauts of the first five-member crew, for the seventh Space Orbital Flight (STS-7) are left to right first row: Sally K. Ride (Mission Specialist), Robert L. Crippen (Commander), Frederick H. Hauck, (Pilot); rear row: John M. Fabian (left) and Norman E. Thagard, (Mission Specialists). The 6 day mission performed in "almost flawless fashion" as it accom- plished 96% of its objectives and there were far fewer anomalies" than on any previous mission. The slight goof- up involved some brief, balky behavior by an auxiliary power unit(s) (APUS). The crew set out two commercial communi- cation satellites, one Canadian, the other Indonesian. The Challenger crew members also activated other experiments of commercial value. June 18, 1983 CL-RR. #124 SC18576-Courtesy of NASA Published P.O. Box 314, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 by Coral-Lee Mike Roberts Color Productions TM Oakland, CA 94623 IFS U.S.A.