STS 41-D: Post-Flight Press Conference with Highlights from JSC

Abstract

Commander Henry W. Hartsfield, STS 41-D mission by listing the following firsts: (a) first Discovery flight; (b) first flight for a commercial payload specialist; (c) first SYNCOM satellite deployed from an orbiter; and (d.) first to deploy 3 satellites. This was also the heaviest stack at lift-off and the heaviest payload. The footage concludes with a film of the mission highlights.