nineteen eighty-four marked a year of
five Space Shuttle missions together
logging over fifteen point two million
miles in authority living working and
experimenting in space we achieved what
we had never done before February for
the first time in history man lost his
dependency on a spaceman astronaut Bruce
McCandless maneuvered 300 effortless
feet away from the shuttle in his manned
maneuvering unit this new tool provides
us with a means of extending man's
physical presence outside the confines
of the space shuttle Challenger again
flew in April on a mission to capture
and repair a failed scientific satellite
called solar max the satellite designed
to study the Sun was very carefully out
of orbit by the remote manipulator arm
and berth in the shuttles payload bay
Jim van haften and George Nelson spent
over seven hours repairing its failed in
approach before releasing it back on the
surface never before had a satellite
been retrieved and repaired while in
Earth orbit
another team effort made further
advances during the October flight of
challenger Kathy Sullivan and David Lisa
completed tests and a new system
developed for refuel setbacks Kathy
Sullivan became the first American woman
to walk in space successfully deployed
maneuvering
by both home
they snared through feign communication
satellites and physically help lower the
multi tone devices in skillful teamwork
and the assistance of dr. Anna Fisher
with the remote manipulator arm made all
this possible marking a year of many
achievements the Space Shuttle will
continue to play a crucial role in our
future space endeavours