STS-41D
Orbiter Discovery is poised on Launch Pad 39A as the sun sets the evening prior to its maiden launch. Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-41D) was successfully launched at 8:41 a.m. August 30, 1984, after two failed attempts in June. Carrying a crew of six astronauts and three satellites, Discovery was the third in NASA's stable of four Space Transportation System orbiters. The six-person crew included Commander Henry Hartsfield, Pilot Michael Coats, Mission Specialists Judith Resnik, Mike Mullane and Steve Hawley and the first commercial payload specialist, Charles Walker of McDonnell Douglas.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: ksc-84pc-476
Date: August 30, 1984
STS-41D
Orbiter Discovery is poised on Launch Pad 39A as the sun sets the evening prior to its maiden launch. Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-41D) was successfully launched at 8:41 a.m. August 30, 1984, after two failed attempts in June. Carrying a crew of six astronauts and three satellites, Discovery was the third in NASA's stable of four Space Transportation System orbiters. The six-person crew included Commander Henry Hartsfield, Pilot Michael Coats, Mission Specialists Judith Resnik, Mike Mullane and Steve Hawley and the first commercial payload specialist, Charles Walker of McDonnell Douglas.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: ksc-84pc-476
Date: August 30, 1984