STS-4

STS-4

Columbia begins its final test flight from Launch Complex 39A of KSC
Names	Space Transportation System-4
Mission type	Test flight
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1982-065A
SATCAT no.	13300
Mission duration	7 days, 1 hour, 9 minutes, 31 seconds
Distance travelled	4,700,000 km (2,900,000 mi)
Orbits completed	113
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Columbia
Launch mass	109,616 kg (241,662 lb)
Landing mass	94,774 kg (208,941 lb)
Payload mass	11,109 kg (24,491 lb)
Crew
Crew size	2
Members	Ken Mattingly Henry Hartsfield
Start of mission
Launch date	June 27, 1982, 15:00:00 UTC
Rocket	Space Shuttle Columbia (mission 4)
Launch site	Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A
Contractor	Rockwell International
End of mission
Landing date	July 4, 1982, 16:09:31 UTC
Landing site	Edwards Air Force Base, Runway 22
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	295 km (183 mi)
Apogee altitude	302 km (188 mi)
Inclination	28.50°
Period	90.30 minutes
STS-4 mission patch Hartsfield and Mattingly Space Shuttle program ← STS-3 STS-5 →

STS-4 was the fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and also the fourth for Space Shuttle Columbia. Crewed by Ken Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield, the mission launched on June 27, 1982,^[1] and landed a week later on July 4, 1982.^[2] Due to parachute malfunctions, the SRBs were not recovered.

STS-4 was the final test flight for the Space Shuttle; it was thereafter officially declared to be operational. Columbia carried numerous scientific payloads during the mission, as well as military missile detection systems.^[3]