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STS-4: Art, Mission summary & Crew
STS-4 was the fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and also the fourth for Space Shuttle Columbia. Crewed by Ken Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield, the mission launched on June 27, 1982, and landed a week later on July 4, 1982. Due to parachute malfunctions, the SRBs were not recovered.
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STS-4 topic overview
The analysis highlights Art, Mission summary and Crew as prominent areas in the source structure around STS-4.
Related topics
48
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
52
Extracted relationships
80
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
52
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Mission summary · 22 topics
Crew · 18 topics
Overview · 6 topics
Wake-up calls · 2 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Apogee altitude
302 km (188 mi)
Contractor
Rockwell International
COSPAR ID
1982-065A
Crew size
2
Distance travelled
4,700,000 km (2,900,000 mi)
Inclination
28.50°
Explore all related topics Closing gaps
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.
Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.
How STS-4 connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around STS-4 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, STS-4 → After, Air Force, California, Columbia's, DAMON, December, GAS, Getaway Special, Henry Hartsfield, It, June, Ken Mattingly, Kennedy Space Center, KH-9 HEXAGON, KSC, Mattingly, NASA, Space Shuttle, STS-26, STS-4's Another extracted example is STS-4 → Air Force's Manned Orbiting, Apollo, Auburn University, Both, CAPCOM, Command Module Pilot, Commander Ken Mattingly, German, He, Jack Swigert, Laboratory, MOL, NASA, Pilot Henry Hartsfield, Skylab, Space Shuttle, STS-1. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
STS-4
Top relations
related to Mission summary· 26
STS-4 → After, Air Force, California, Columbia's, DAMON, December, GAS, Getaway Special, Henry Hartsfield, It, June, Ken Mattingly, Kennedy Space Center, KH-9 HEXAGON, KSC, Mattingly, NASA, Space Shuttle, STS-26, STS-4's
related to Crew· 17
STS-4 → Air Force's Manned Orbiting, Apollo, Auburn University, Both, CAPCOM, Command Module Pilot, Commander Ken Mattingly, German, He, Jack Swigert, Laboratory, MOL, NASA, Pilot Henry Hartsfield, Skylab, Space Shuttle, STS-1
related to Backup crew· 7
STS-4 → Consequently, From STS-4, Instead, Johnson Space Center, NASA, STS-3, The
related to External links· 4
STS-4 → Archived July, NASA, NSS, Wayback Machine
Members· 2
STS-4 → Henry Hartsfield, Ken Mattingly
Apogee altitude· 1
STS-4 → 302 km (188 mi)
Contractor· 1
STS-4 → Rockwell International
COSPAR ID· 1
STS-4 → 1982-065A
Crew size· 1
STS-4 → 2
Distance travelled· 1
STS-4 → 4,700,000 km (2,900,000 mi)
Important terminology
Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.
Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 80 structured relationships around STS-4. Examples in this analysis include STS-4 → Apogee altitude → 302 km (188 mi) and STS-4 → Contractor → Rockwell International. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
Subject
Predicate
Object
Confidence
Src
STS-4
Apogee altitude
302 km (188 mi)
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Contractor
Rockwell International
1.00
infobox
STS-4
COSPAR ID
1982-065A
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Crew size
2
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Distance travelled
4,700,000 km (2,900,000 mi)
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Inclination
28.50°
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Landing date
July 4, 1982, 16:09:40 (1982-07-04UTC16:09:41Z) UTC (9:09:40 am PDT)
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Landing mass
94,774 kg (208,941 lb)
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Landing site
Edwards, Runway 22
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Launch date
15:00, June 27, 1982 (UTC) (1982-06-27T15:00:00Z) (11:00 am EDT)
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Launch mass
109,616 kg (241,662 lb)
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Launch site
Kennedy, LC-39A
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Members
Ken Mattingly
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Members
Henry Hartsfield
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Mission duration
7 days, 1 hour, 9 minutes, 31 seconds
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Mission type
Flight test
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Names
Space Transportation System-4
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Operator
NASA
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Orbits completed
113
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Payload mass
11,109 kg (24,491 lb)
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Perigee altitude
295 km (183 mi)
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Period
90.30 minutes
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Reference system
Geocentric orbit
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Regime
Low Earth orbit
1.00
infobox
STS-4
SATCAT no.
13300
1.00
infobox
STS-4
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Columbia
1.00
infobox
No triples extracted yet.
Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around STS-4 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Test, Flight and Launch. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
space shuttle
Shuttle
Space
Sts-4
Mission
Edwards
Columbia
Launch
Operational
Runway
Test
Flight
Landing
space shuttle columbia
Shuttle
Space
Runway
Sts-4
Edwards
Mission
Columbia
Km
Launch
Operational
Test
Flight
ken mattingly
Mattingly
Henry
Hartsfield
Launched
Landing
Ksc
Payload
Sts-4
Sts-3
Mission
Km
Launch
henry hartsfield
Hartsfield
Henry
Ken
Mattingly
Launched
Program
Landing
Ksc
Sts-4
Sts-3
Mission
Km
johnson space center
Shuttle
Sts-4
Mission
Columbia
Launch
Test
Flight
Edwards
Crew
Time
Also
Final
kennedy space center
Shuttle
Sts-4
Mission
Columbia
Launch
Test
Flight
Edwards
Crew
Time
Also
Final
mission control center
Space
Columbia
Launch
Sts-4
Also
Shuttle
Launched
Test
System
Henry
Ken
Flight
edwards air force base
Force
Runway
Landing
Km
Shuttle
Air
Edwards
Payload
Space
Columbia
Sts-3
Launch
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For STS-4, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects STS-4 with Mission summary. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
STS-4
Nodes53
Edges52
Triples80
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around STS-4 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Art, Mission summary & Crew, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — STS-4 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout
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