\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> August 30, 1984
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Kennedy Space Center, Florida
\<COLOUR 1> FLIGHT TIME: \<COLOUR 0> 6 days 56 min
\<COLOUR 1> LANDING SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Edwards Air Force Base, California
\<COLOUR 1> CREW: \<COLOUR 0> Henry W Hartsfield, Michael L Coats, Judith A Resnik, Richard M Mullane, Steven A Hawley, Charles D Walker
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Maiden flight of orbiter Discovery; deployment of three satellites: SBS-D, Leasat 2 (Syncom IV-2) and Telstar; 31-metre long dummy solar array OAST-1 extended; Resnik becomes second US woman to fly in space.