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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-41D Maiden Flight

The Space Shuttle Discovery is moments away from its maiden launch, with astronauts completing final preparations and mission control monitoring all systems for the historic STS-41D mission.

Year 1984
Date 8/30
Location Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Usa
Layer 2
Visibility PUBLIC
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Key Figures

Henry Hartsfield Michael Coats Judith Resnik Launch Director
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 386 linked moments

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STS-41-D (First Flight of Space Shuttle Discovery)
1984 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Endeavour First Flight (STS-49)
1992 · same location
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (STS-51L)
1986 · same location
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same location
A
Apollo 12 Lightning Strike
1969 · same location
A
Apollo 11 Launch
1969 · same location
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same location
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 Launch
2003 · same location
E
Explorer 1 Launch
1958 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 Return to Flight Launch
1988 · same figure
A
Apollo 11 Launch
1969 · same figure
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First Space Shuttle Launch (STS-1)
1981 · same figure
A
Apollo 5 (AS-204)
1968 · same figure
A
Apollo 7 Launch
1968 · same figure
A
Apollo 11 Launch
1969 · same figure
A
Apollo 7 Launch
1968 · same figure
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Telstar 1 launch
1962 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-114 (Return to Flight after Columbia)
2005 · same figure
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Skylab 2
1973 · same figure
A
Apollo 11 Launch
1969 · same figure
E
Explorer 1 launch
1958 · same figure
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STS-1 (First Flight of Space Shuttle Columbia)
1981 · same figure
A
Apollo 11 Launch
1969 · same figure
A
Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch
1969 · same location
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Hurricane Andrew Landfall
1992 · same era
H
Hurricane Andrew Landfall
1992 · follows
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STS-27 Launch (Atlantis)
1988 · same figure
A
Apollo 8 Lunar Orbital Mission
1968 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Discovery First Flight (STS-41-D)
1984 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery First Flight (STS-41-D)
1984 · same figure
A
Apollo 11 Launch
1969 · same figure
A
Apollo 11 Launch
1969 · same location
S
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · follows
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same location
A
Apollo 8 Launch
1968 · same figure