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    STS-41-D (formerly STS-14) was the 12th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the first mission of Space Shuttle Discovery. It was launched from...
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    STS-41-G (formerly STS-17) was the 13th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. Challenger launched on...
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    STS-41-C (formerly STS-13) was NASA's eleventh Space Shuttle mission, and the fifth mission of Space Shuttle Challenger. The launch, which took place on...
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    operating procedures for NASA missions. Her first space flight was the STS-41-D mission in August and September 1984, the twelfth Space Shuttle flight...
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    STS-4 astronaut support crew, and was a capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for STS-4 and STS-5. A veteran of three space flights, Coats flew on STS-41-D in...
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    STS-41-B was NASA's tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched on February 3, 1984 and landed on February...
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    STS-41 was the 36th Space Shuttle mission and the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission had a primary objective of launching...
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  • designation with STS 26 and the return to flight in 1988. STS-41 itself was flown in 1990. Other STS-41s include: STS-41-B STS-41-C STS-41-D - First flight...
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    astronaut. During his career, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36. Richard Michael Mullane was born September 10, 1945, in Wichita...
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    third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it...
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  • Manned Spaceflight (Reginald Turnill, 1978) and the first edition of the STS Flight Assignment Baseline, an internal NASA document published in October...
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    STS-41-D, STS-61-A Frederick Hauck – STS-7, STS-51-A, STS-26 Steven Hawley – STS-41-D, STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-82, STS-93 Susan Helms – STS-54, STS-64, STS-78...
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  • Birmingham: Henry Hartsfield — STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A Cordova: James Voss — STS-44, STS-53, STS-69, STS-101, STS-102/105 Decatur: Mae Jemison, first...
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    California, on July 4, 1982. Hartsfield was next spacecraft commander of STS-41-D which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 30, 1984....
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    (HST) and later fly on one of its servicing missions (STS-31 and STS-82, respectively). STS-41-D Discovery (August 30 to September 5, 1984) was launched...
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  • Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81 Michael J. Bloomfield — STS-86, STS-97, STS-110 Guion Bluford — STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53 Karol...
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    STS-55 (1993), STS-63 (1995) Terry Hart — STS-41-C (1984) Henry Hartsfield — STS-4 (1982), STS-41-D (1984), STS-61-A (1985) Frederick Hauck — STS-7...
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    McDonnell Douglas $40,000 per flight, and in May 1983 he was assigned to STS-41-D. Walker's flight was part of a NASA effort in the 1980s to fly civilians...
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    Manila demonstrate against the regime of Ferdinand Marcos. August 30 – STS-41-D: the Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage. September...
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    STS-1 through STS-51-L. He served as Lead Data Processing Systems (DPS) Officer for STS-9 (Spacelab-1) and STS-41-D, Orbit DPS for STS-41-B and STS-41-C...
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  • orbit on August 30, 1984 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on shuttle mission STS-41-D. F2 was largely successful, but its wideband receiver was out of commission...
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    STS-51-D was the 16th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the fourth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. The launch of STS-51-D from Kennedy Space...
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    occurred on the right SRB on STS-2 in November 1981.: 126  In August 1984, a post-flight inspection of the left SRB on STS-41-D revealed that soot had blown...
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    subjects. Charles D. Walker recalled that Senator Jake Garn "and I were the obvious subjects" for Rhea Seddon's echocardiograph on STS-51-D. "We really didn’t...
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    rescheduled. The codes were adopted from STS-41-B through STS-51-L (although the highest code used was actually STS-61-C), and the sequential numbers were...
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    Challenger disaster of STS-51-L. Under the new system, STS-9 would have been designated as STS-41-A. STS-9's originally planned successor, STS-10, was canceled...
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    spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) at Mission Control for STS-41-D, STS-41-G, STS-51-A, STS-51-C and STS-51-D, worked Space Station issues for the Astronaut Office...
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    during two calendar days 25th anniversary of Discovery's first flight, STS-41-D (August 30, 1984) Discovery rolled out from the Orbiter Processing Facility...
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    1984, STS-41-G) First mother in space: Anna Fisher (November 8, 1984, STS-51-A) First Asian-American in space: Ellison Onizuka (January 24, 1985, STS-51-C)...
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    launch sequencer (RSLS) abort", and occurred five times: STS-41-D, STS-51-F, STS-55, STS-51, and STS-68. Once the shuttle's SRBs were ignited, the vehicle...
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