Media Summary: We've got a full orbiter for this flight! Seven crew members, two commsats, a bunch of toys, and plenty of duct tape and cardboard. Greg Linteris describes the awe he felt going into space for the first time. In April 1985, the Space Shuttle Discovery launched on mission
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We've got a full orbiter for this flight! Seven crew members, two commsats, a bunch of toys, and plenty of duct tape and cardboard. Greg Linteris describes the awe he felt going into space for the first time. In April 1985, the Space Shuttle Discovery launched on mission The primary clip is a motion-stabilized tracking shot of space shuttle Discovery lifting off and rolling over during the STS51A 83 Seven days in space DISC 1993 03 27 BBC News programme "See Hear" presented by Moira Stewart reports on the flight of Discovery
This flight launched on April 12, 1985, and landed at KSC on April 19. It would be the final KSC landing until