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STS-6
STS-6
was the sixth
NASA
Space Shuttle
mission and the maiden flight of the
Space Shuttle Challenger
. Launched from
Kennedy Space Center
on 4 April 1983, the mission deployed the first
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
,
TDRS-1
, into orbit, before landing at
Edwards Air Force Base
on 9 April. STS-6 was the first Space Shuttle mission during which a
spacewalk
was conducted, and hence was the first in which the
Extravehicular Mobility Unit
(EMU) was used.
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