Australia's First Astronaut
Scully-Power Family (Sydney, Australia)
STS-41-G Flight Patch
Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
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'Liftoff' - 5th October 1984 - United States
The Space Shuttle 'Challenger' accelerates from zero to (17,500 mi / 28,000 km per hr) in 8.5 mins
Life onboard the Space Shuttle 'Challenger'
The astronauts saw 16 sunrises and sunsets in a single day due to the Space Shuttle 'Challenger' orbiting the earth every 90 minutes
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The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was deployed in 1984, deactivated in 2005 and burnt up upon re-entering the earth's atmosphere in 2023
The astronauts demonstrated the Orbital Refueling System (ORS) and proved the feasibility of successfully refueling satellites whilst in orbit
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The Imaging Radar-B (SIR-B) antenna was deployed to demonstrate the capabilities of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology from space
Re-entry of the Space Shuttle 'Challenger' begins over Australia in a 57-degree inclination before landing at Cape Canaveral in Florida, United States
'Landing' - 13th October 1984 - United States
Space Shuttle 'Challenger' traveled a total of 5,293,847 km (3,289,444 mi) on its journey
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Mission complete: Space Shuttle 'Challenger' travelled 8 days, 5 hours, 23 minutes and 33 seconds
Space Shuttle 'Challenger' mission highlights video
Netflix documentary on the 'Challenger' tragedy
Australian Space History Timeline
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