Back to Launches
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-3

STS-3

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 22 Mar 1982, 04:00 pm UTC

Rocket: Space Shuttle

Provider: Rockwell International

Mission

Type: Test Flight

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Mission Description

STS-3 was the third flight of the Space Shuttle program. It flew in orbit for 8 days. This mission involved extensive orbital endurance testing of Columbia and also included multiple scientific experiments.