Discovery’s Last… and First…Flight
![Space shuttle Discovery lifted-off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for its 39th and final mission.](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/mr1EcX_JLBy0GQXzxEP_DC1eens=/1000x750/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/8f/1d/8f1d2168-bfa3-42c5-9c57-d9232e65c79e/ksc-2011-1643-orig.jpg)
With space shuttle Discovery having just wrapped up its career, we thought you might like this account of its first flight back in 1984, as narrated by the STS-41D crew.
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