STS-8 PRESS INFORMATION August 1983 on Rockwell International ‘Shuttle Integration & Satelite Systems Division Office of Public RelationsCONTENTS PAGE STS-8 MISSION STATISTICS. ...... 1 FLIGHT TEST AND MISSION OBJECTIVES . 2 STS-7 TO STS-8 SPACE SHUTTLE DIFFERENCES .. 4 MODIFICATIONS TO CHALLENGER FROM STS-7 TO STS°8... 5 LINE REPLACEABLE UNITS... a PAYLOAD ASSIST MODULE (PAM) -D 8 INSAT (INDIAN COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE) -1B “4 PAYLOAD RETENTION MECHANISMS ..........02000:0000eeeereee ppnocndeeo noo 2» PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM (PDRS) ....-22.000400:000eeeersereeeeees 28 PAYLOAD FLIGHT TEST ARTICLE (PFTA) 6 DEVELOPMENT FLIGHT INSTRUMENTATION PALLET a OXYGEN INTERACTION EXPERIMENT .. ® HEAT PIPE EXPERIMENT ....... “ CHALLENGER S-BAND Ku-BAND AND TRACKING DATA RELAY SATELLITE (TDRS)-A. . 45 GETAWAY SPECIALS ......... EXPERIMENTS. . CONTINUOUS FLOW ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM (CFES). CARRY ON INCUBATOR INVESTIGATION OF SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM er9) ATMOSPHERIC LUMINOSITIES (ISAL) - ANIMAL ENCLOSURE MODULE . STUDENT EXPERIMENT - BIOFEEDBACK ..