Editing STS-4 (section)

{{Short description|1982 American crewed spaceflight and final Space Shuttle test flight}}
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name               = STS-4
| names_list         = [[Space Transportation System]]-4
| image              = STS-4 launch.jpg
| image_caption      = ''Columbia'' begins its final test flight from Launch Complex 39A of KSC
| mission_type       = [[Flight test]]
| operator           = [[NASA]]
| mission_duration   = {{time interval|June 27, 1982, 15:00:00|July 4, 1982, 16:09:31|show=dhms|sep=,}}
| spacecraft         = {{OV|102}}
| launch_mass        = {{cvt|109616|kg}}
| landing_mass       = {{cvt|94774|kg}}
| payload_mass       = {{cvt|11109|kg}}
| distance_travelled = {{cvt|4700000|km}}
| orbits_completed   = 113
| crew_size          = 2
| crew_members       = {{Unbulleted list|[[Ken Mattingly]]|[[Henry Hartsfield]]}}
| launch_date        = {{Start date|1982|06|27|15|00|00|Z}} (11:00{{nbsp}}am{{nbsp}}[[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]])
| launch_site        = [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]], [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A|LC-39A]]
| launch_contractor  = [[Rockwell International]]
| landing_date       = {{End date text|July 4, 1982, 16:09:40|timezone=yes}}{{nbsp}}UTC (9:09:40{{nbsp}}am{{nbsp}}[[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]])
| landing_site       = [[Edwards Air Force Base|Edwards]], Runway{{nbsp}}22
| orbit_reference    = [[Geocentric orbit]]
| orbit_regime       = [[Low Earth orbit]]
| orbit_periapsis    = {{cvt|295|km}}
| orbit_apoapsis     = {{cvt|302|km}}
| orbit_inclination  = 28.50°
| orbit_period       = 90.30 minutes
| apsis              = gee
| instruments        = 
| insignia           = STS-4 patch.svg
| insignia_caption   = STS-4 mission patch
| crew_photo         = Sts-4-crew.jpg
| crew_photo_caption = [[Henry Hartsfield|Hartsfield]] and [[Ken Mattingly|Mattingly]]
| programme          = [[Space Shuttle program]]
| previous_mission   = [[STS-3]]
| next_mission       = [[STS-5]]
}}

'''STS-4''' was the fourth [[NASA]] [[Space Shuttle]] mission, and also the fourth for [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']]. Crewed by [[Ken Mattingly]] and [[Henry Hartsfield]], the mission launched on June 27, 1982,<ref name=oomops>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OvlLAAAAIBAJ&pg=4930%2C5770829|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|agency=Associated Press|title=Shuttle off on military operations|date=June 28, 1982|page=1}}</ref> and landed a week later on July 4, 1982.<ref name=owastwrd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QflLAAAAIBAJ&pg=6186%2C1692654|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|agency=Associated Press|title=Shuttle test: 'Outstanding' was the word |date=July 5, 1982|page=1}}</ref> Due to parachute malfunctions, the [[Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster|SRBs]] were not recovered.

STS-4 was the final test flight for the Space Shuttle; it was thereafter officially declared to be operational. ''Columbia'' carried numerous scientific payloads during the mission, as well as military missile detection systems.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_004_STS-004_Press_Kit.pdf|title=STS-004 Press Kit|publisher=NASA|access-date=July 4, 2013}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>