S84-35325 (2 June 1984) --- The Flight Readiness Firing (FRF) for NASA's 41-D spaceflight was completed on June 2, 1984 to pave the way for launch of the Discovery's seven-day mission later this month. Making its first flight, the orbiter will be mated to the same two solid rocket boosters (SRB) and external tank (ET) seen here.
The Space shuttle orbiter Challenger is given a 20-second test firing of its new main engines on December 18, 1982 on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. This test was the first time these engines ahd been tested in the clustered flight configuration.
