Editing Space Shuttle Challenger (section)

== List of missions ==
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| image1            = shuttle-challenger.jpg
| alt1              = ''Challenger'' rolls on its landing gear across a roadway and near parked cars and a few people standing around it.
| caption1          = ''Challenger'' rolls out from the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) to the [[Vehicle Assembly Building]] (VAB) in 1983
| image2            = Space Shuttle Challenger as STA-099.jpg
| alt2              = A black and white photo shows a Shuttle-shaped object with a more metallic presentation and missing its rounded nose cone resting in a warehouse surrounded on two sides by long and square metal scaffolding.
| caption2          = ''Challenger'' served as structural test article STA-099 before being retrofitted as an orbiter
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! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | #
! scope="col" width=18% style="background:#efefef;" | Date
! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Designation
! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Launch pad
! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Landing location
! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Notes
! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Mission duration
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| align="center"| 1
| April 4, 1983
| [[STS-6]]
| [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39A]]
| [[Edwards Air Force Base|Edwards]], Runway&nbsp;22
| Deployed [[TDRS-A]]. First [[Extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk]] during a Space Shuttle mission.
| 5 days, 00 hours, 23 minutes, 42 seconds
|-
| align="center"| 2
| June 18, 1983
| [[STS-7]]
| LC-39A
| [[Edwards Air Force Base|Edwards]], Runway&nbsp;15
| [[Sally Ride]] becomes first American woman in space. Deployed two communications satellites, including [[Anik C2]].
| 6 days, 02 hours, 23 minutes, 59 seconds
|-
| align="center"| 3
| August 30, 1983
| [[STS-8]]
| LC-39A
| [[Edwards Air Force Base|Edwards]], Runway&nbsp;22
| [[Guion Bluford]] becomes first African-American in space. First shuttle night launch and night landing. Deployed [[INSAT-1B]]. Carried 261,900 envelopes stamped to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of [[NASA]], most of which were sold to the public.<ref>[http://en.allexperts.com/q/Stamps-Philately-1610/Space-Shuttle-Challenger.htm Stamps (Philately)/Space Shuttle Challenger] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529000547/http://en.allexperts.com/q/Stamps-Philately-1610/Space-Shuttle-Challenger.htm |date=May 29, 2014 }}</ref>
| 6 days, 01 hours, 08 minutes, 43 seconds
|-
| align="center"| 4
| February 3, 1984
| [[STS-41-B]]
| LC-39A
| [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]], [[Shuttle Landing Facility|Runway&nbsp;15]]
| First untethered [[Extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk]] using the [[Manned Maneuvering Unit]]. Deployed [[Westar|WESTAR]] and [[Palapa|Palapa B-2]] communications satellites unsuccessfully (both were retrieved during [[STS-51-A]]).
| 7 days, 23 hours, 15 minutes, 55 seconds
|-
| align="center"| 5
| April 6, 1984
| [[STS-41-C]]
| LC-39A
| [[Edwards Air Force Base|Edwards]], Runway&nbsp;17
| [[Solar Maximum Mission]] service mission.
| 6 days, 23 hours, 40 minutes, 07 seconds
|-
| align="center"| 6
| October 5, 1984
| [[STS-41-G]]
| LC-39A
| [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]], [[Shuttle Landing Facility|Runway&nbsp;33]]
| First mission to carry two women. [[Marc Garneau]] becomes first Canadian in space. [[Kathryn D. Sullivan]] becomes first American woman to make a [[Extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk]]. Deployed [[Earth Radiation Budget Satellite]].
| 8 days, 05 hours, 23 minutes, 33 seconds
|-
| align="center"| 7
| April 29, 1985
| [[STS-51-B]]
| LC-39A
| [[Edwards Air Force Base|Edwards]], Runway&nbsp;17
| Carried [[Spacelab]]-3.
| 7 days, 00 hours, 08 minutes, 46 seconds
|-
| align="center"| 8
| July 29, 1985
| [[STS-51-F]]
| LC-39A
| [[Edwards Air Force Base|Edwards]], Runway&nbsp;23
| Carried [[Spacelab]]-2. Only STS mission to abort after launch.
| 7 days, 22 hours, 45 minutes, 26 seconds
|-
| align="center"| 9
| October 30, 1985
| [[STS-61-A]]
| LC-39A
| [[Edwards Air Force Base|Edwards]], Runway&nbsp;17
| Carried German [[Spacelab]] D-1. [[Wubbo Ockels]] becomes the first Dutchman in space.
| 7 days, 00 hours, 44 minutes, 51 seconds
|-
| align="center"| 10
| January 28, 1986
| [[STS-51-L]]
| [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39B]]
| Did not land (planned to land at [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]], [[Shuttle Landing Facility|Runway&nbsp;33]]).
| First mission to have a private citizen in space ([[Christa McAuliffe]]). [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|Broke up]] after launch, killing all seven astronauts on board. Would have deployed [[TDRS-B]].
| 0 days, 00 hours, 01 minute, 13 seconds
|}