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Sts 4 being the last test flight of the space shuttle was also the last to carry a crew of two astronauts.

Mattingly hartsfield columbia. Columbia astronauts thomas k. Sts 4 s cargo consisted of nine scientific experiments provided by students from utah state university and a classified u s. Mattingly was named to command sts 4 the fourth and final orbital test flight of the space shuttle columbia launched from kennedy space center florida on june 27 1982 with henry w. Space shuttle astronauts thomas ken mattingly and henry hartsfield.

Columbia orbited earth 112 times and mattingly and hartsfield conducted thermal tests on the shuttle s systems surveyed contamination of the orbiter s payload bay and performed various scientific experiments. 3 99 shipping. Mattingly was named to command sts 4 the fourth and final orbital test flight of the space shuttle columbia launched from kennedy space center florida on june 27 1982 with henry w. Columbia mattingly hartsfield patch space shuttle sts4 nos.

Ronald reagan and first lady nancy reagan who. Hartsfield jr as the pilot. It was launched on june 27 1982 and he was the commander for the trip. Space shuttle columbia sts 4 patch mattingly hartsfield.

Sts 4 space shuttle columbia june 27 july 4 1982 astronaut signatures. He was joined by henry w. Mattingly and pilot henry w. Nasa space shuttle columbia sts4 enamel lapel pin.

Perform continued studies of the. 4 99 2 95 shipping. This 7 day mission was designed to further verify ascent and entry phases of shuttle missions. Mattingly and hartsfield launched aboard columbia on 27 june 1982 on a seven day flight to test the shuttle s canadian built remote manipulator system rms mechanical arm conduct hot and cold soaks of the orbiter s airframe in space and perform a battery of scientific and technological experiments including the first classified.

The pilots are scheduled to ride the columbia to a landing sunday at edwards air force base calif. Space shuttle columbia mission sts 4 landing edwards air force base ca july 4. Their landing was attended by approximately half a million onlookers including pres. Hartsfield stand next to president ronald reagan and first lady nancy reagan as the president addresses a crowd after the shuttle landing on july 4 1982 at edwards air force base california.

Commander ken mattingly had previously flown as command module pilot on apollo 16 and was also the original command module pilot for apollo 13 before being famously replaced by his backup jack swigert hartsfield was a rookie who had transferred to nasa in 1969 after the cancellation. After the apollo era mattingly flew aboard the fourth flight of the first space shuttle columbia.