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STS-1 FLIGHT SUMMARY [[Image - photograph, caption below]] Ready for lift-off, the Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia is shown fully mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. [[Image - photograph, caption below]] The prime crew members for STS-1 are John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen. Young, the commander, has spent more than 533 hours in space flight. He began training for the STS-1 mission in March 1978. Crippen, a Commander in the United States Navy, is the pilot. He was a crew member in the Skylab medical experiments altitude test and a member of the astronaut support crew for the Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz flights. Primary Flight Objective: Demonstrate Safe Ascent and Return of Orbiter and Crew DETAILED FLIGHT TEST OBJECTIVES Aerodynamics/Aerothermal Environment • Integrated vehicle aerodynamic characteristics • Orbiter aerodynamic characteristics • Aerothermodynamic environment Thermal Control • TPS performance • TCS performance * Thermal response to selected attitudes Structures • Loads and stress evaluation • Pogo stability • Vibration and acoustic environment • Venting system performance * Window cavity conditioning Mechanical Systems • Payload bay door latch and latch-motor operation * Payload bay door opening and closing capability * Radiator unlatch, deployment, stow Environmental Control and Life Support • Integrated active thermal control system performance • Atmospheric revitalization performance * Radiator inherent thermal capacity Crew Systems * Crew cabin noise level survey * Crew cabin atmosphere contamination Propulsion • Integrated MPS performance • LH2 and LO2 residuals evaluation • Propellant dump time line determination * MPS propellant lines vacuum inerting • OMS performance * OMS propellant crossfeed performance Power • Power reactant storage and distribution performance • Fuel cell performance Communications and Tracking * UHF voice capability * S-band PM performance (telemetry and voice) * S-band telemetry transmission (downlink) * CCTV—payload remote camera operation * CCTV—cabin camera operations * Integrated CCTV performance and control * Data uplink capability Instrumentation • Operations recorder performance — record and dump capability Guidance and Navigation * Nominal IMU alignment and gyro drift checks * IMU accelerometer calibration * Forward station COAS calibration * Star tracker alignment verification Flight Control * Manual rotation control—primary/vernier * Automatic rotation control—primary/vernier * Attitude hold with various deadbands * Passive thermal control capability in various deadbands * OMS thrust vector control • Longitudinal and lateral/directional control • SRB/ET separation • Integrated GN&C performance Mission Capability • Ascent performance • Crossrange control capability Detailed Supplementary Objectives * Aerodynamic coefficient identification package activation and checkout * Radiation dosimeters—unstow/stow • Infrared imagery of Shuttle * Documentary television telecasts * Documentary motion picture photos * Documentary still photography • Data collection objectives * Activity-related objectives [[Image - world map, caption below]] Ascent and Insertion Ground Track [[Image - world map, caption below]] End-of-Mission Ground Track to Edwards Air Force Base NORMAL ASCENT FLIGHT PROFILE [[Three Columned Table]] | [[Blank]] | Time (sec) | Altitude (ft) | Velocity (fps) | | SRB ignition command | 0.0 | 194 | — | | Lift-off | 0.2 | 194 | — | | Mach 1 | 53.0 | 25,398 | 1,063 (rel) | | Maximum dynamic pressure | 54.0 | 26,328 | 1,080 (rel) | | SRB jettison | 131.7 | 165,604 | 4,193 (rel) | | Normal 3-g limit | 454.0 | 397,230 | 20,119 (inertial) | | MECO command | 512.4 | 386,622 | 25,591 (inertial) | | External tank separation | 529.9 | 388,872 | 25,666 (inertial) | | OMS-1 ignition | 632.4 | 414,206 | 25,638 (inertial) | | OMS-1 cutoff | 721.1 | 433,666 | 25,780 (inertial) | | OMS-2 ignition | 2640.4 | 794,227 | 25,336 (inertial) | | OMS-2 cutoff | 2717.4 | 795,865 | 25,471 (inertial) | [[Image - map of Edwards Air Force Base, caption below]] Approach and Landing — Edwards Air Force Base [[Image - top-view drawing of shuttle]] SHUTTLE CHARACTERISTICS (values are approximate) Orbiter Length: 122 ft 3 in. Span: 78 ft 1 in. External Tank Length: 153 ft 10 in. Diameter: 27 ft 9 in. Solid Rocket Boosters Length: 149 ft 2 in. Diameter: 13 ft Gross lift-off weight: 4,457,825 lb Orbiter landing weight: 197,122 lb Payload (DFI) weight: 10,823 lb [[Image - side-view drawing of shuttle]] ORBIT TIME LINE DATA[[all columns are left blank]] Day MET (HR) ORBIT ATTITUDE OMS BURNS DPS CONFIGURATION IMU OPERATRIONS COAS OPERATIONS FCS CHECKOUT IMU ACCEL CALIB RCS CONFIGURATION RJD CONFIGURATION RCS TEST PLBO OPERATIONS CO2 ABS OPERATIONS H20 DUMP OPERATIONS CREW UNSUITED OPS MEALS CREW SLEEP PERIOD FUEL CELL PURGE APU DUTY CYCLES
