STS-5

Columbia (5)

USA

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	11.11.1982
Launch time:	12:19 UTC
Launch site:	Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:	39-A
Altitude:	340 km
Inclination:	28,5°
Landing date:	16.11.1982
Landing time:	14:33 UTC
Landing site:	Edwards AFB

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Brand	Vance DeVoe	CDR	2	5d 02h 14m	81
2	Overmyer	Robert Franklin	PLT	1	5d 02h 14m	81
3	Allen	Joseph Percival IV "Joe"	MSP	1	5d 02h 14m	81
4	Lenoir	William Benjamin "Bill"	MSP	1	5d 02h 14m	81

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Brand
2	Overmyer
3
4	Lenoir
5	Allen

Landing
1	Brand
2	Overmyer
3
4	Allen
5	Lenoir

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Edwards AFB.

STS-5 became the first shuttle operational mission and the first mission with a crew of four including mission specialists.

The deploy of communications satellites SBS-C (USA) and Telesat/Anik C-3 (Canada) were successful. A planned EVA by Joseph Allen and William Lenoir was first delayed, because the astronauts suffered on the space adaption syndrome and was then cancelled because of spacesuit problems. Several student experiments were performed. A German materials science experiment failed due to a battery mailfunction.