STS-41-D return day cover with a cachet of the Space Shuttle Discovery mission insignia, postmarked at Edwards, CA, on September 5, 1984, signed in black ink by Judy Resnik, Hank Hartsfield, Michael L. Coats, Charlie Walker, Mike Mullane, and Steven A. Hawley. In fine condition, with some light edge toning. For STS-41-D, the Space Shuttle Discovery launched from Kennedy Space Center on August 30, 1984, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on September 5, 1984; during the mission, three commercial communications satellites were deployed, along with a prototype extendable solar array that would eventually form the basis of the main solar arrays on the International Space Station (ISS).
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