STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by NASA, and the second flight of the orbiter Columbia. The mission, crewed by Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly, launched on November 12, 1981, and landed two days later on November 14, 1981. [1] .

2023年7月7日 · Second test flight of the Space Shuttle to demonstrate safe re-launch and safe return of the orbiter and crew. S81-39563 (14 Nov. 1981) — This view of the space shuttle Columbia (STS-2) was made with a hand-held 70mm camera in the rear station of …

2021年10月21日 · With the additional time, STS-2 astronauts Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly spent time in mission simulators to prepare for their planned five-day mission, the first space shuttle flight to carry a scientific payload.

2021年11月12日 · The STS-2 mission ended after 54 hours, 13 minutes. An estimated 200,000 people were on hand to watch Columbia’s second landing. View of Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston after the landing of Columbia, ending the STS-2 mission.

STS-2 Fact Sheet. By Cliff Lethbridge. STS-2 — Columbia. 2nd Space Shuttle Mission. 2nd Flight of Columbia. Crew: Joe H. Engle, Commander. Richard H. Truly, Pilot. Backup Crew: Thomas K. Mattingly, Commander. Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr., Pilot. Orbiter Preparations: Tow to Orbiter Processing Facility – April 29, 1981

2021年11月12日 · After studying the SRB overpressure issue after Columbia’s first liftoff, NASA increased the sound suppression system for STS-2 to deaden the sound as much as possible given the lesson learned...

2024年11月12日 · STS-2 was planned as a five-day mission. In addition to continued testing of the orbital vehicle, on this flight the Remote Manipulator System (the “robot arm”) would be operated for the first time in space. A number of other experiments were carried in the cargo bay.

2020年3月26日 · STS-2 was the first shuttle flight where O-ring blow-by was observed. After the damage was discovered, another O-ring was intentionally damaged to a further degree. It was then put through a flight simulation at three times the flight pressure. It survived the test, and was endorsed as flightworthy.

Experienced erosion of the primary O-ring in the right SRM aft field joint, the worst until the loss of the space shuttle Challenger. AKA: Columbia;OSTA-1. Launched: 1981-11-12. Returned: 1981-11-14. Number crew: 2 . Duration: 2.26 days. Payloads: Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (OSTA)-1 experiments, Orbiter Experiments (OEX).

2021年8月16日 · In August 1981, NASA was busy preparing space shuttle Columbia for its first return to space on the STS-2 mission. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, ground crews had installed the payload in Columbia’s cargo bay, including the Canadian-built robotic arm for its first test in space.