Thursday August 30, 1984
STS-41-D - Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage
40 years ago
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STS-41-D mission patch
Commander Henry W. Hartsfield Jr.
Pilot Michael L. Coats
Mission Specialist 1 Richard M. Mullane
Mission Specialist 2 Steven A. Hawley
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Mission Specialist 3 Judith A. Resnik
Payload Specialist 1 Charles D. Walker
SBS-4 deployment
Syncom IV-2 deployment
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- Ronald Reagan was the US president
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