Name: Stewart, Robert Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 2

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-41B February 3, 1984 - Challenger February 11, 1984 - Challenger
2. STS-51J October 3, 1985 - Atlantis October 7, 1985 - Atlantis

Space Flights Descriptions
1. STS-41B Deployed Westar VI for Western Union Telegraph and Palapa B-2 for Indonesia
Failure of PAM stages left both satellites in low Earth orbit. The satellites were recovered during the STS-51A mission. Shuttle Pallet Satellite 1A (SPAS-1A) became the first satellite to be refurbished and flown again.
2. STS-51J Classified military mission 2
STS-61K
(Cancelled)
Planned EOM-1/2 space shuttle mission
Cancelled after the Challenger disaster - Mission was combined with STS-51H (EOM-1)

Spacewalks - 2
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
STS-41B February 7, 1984 First untethered spacewalk (EVA) using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. Rehearse Solar Maximum Mission (Solar Max) repair
5 hours 55 minutes
STS-41B February 9, 1984 Test Manned Maneuvering Unit. Rehearse Solar Max repair
6 hours 17 minutes

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Updated - June 10, 2006