STS-2

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STS-2 was the second manned space mission in the Space Transport System (STS) program conducted by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). A crew of two NASA astronauts, Joseph Engle and Richard Truly, conducted the two day, six-hour mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia.

STS-2
Mission statistics
Mission name: STS-2
Launch: 12 November 1981
Landing: 14 November 1981
Duration: 2 days, 6 hours
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Mission Details

  • Mission was cut short from planned five days to two days due to failed fuel cell.

Crew

  • Joseph Engle, Commander
  • Richard Truly, Pilot

References

Space Shuttle Story, Andrew Wilson, Crescent Books, New York, 1986.