NBC & CBS News Coverage of the STS-41-D Launch Pad Abort Part 1

From June 26th 1984 Coverage of the Space Shuttle Discovery Aborted 4 Seconds before Liftoff.


The STS-41-D Crew:

Commander: Henry Hartsfield, Jr.

Pilot: Michael Coats

Mission Specialist 1 : Richard M. Mullane

Mission Specialist 2 :Steven Hawley

Mission Specialist 3: Judith Resnik

Payload Specialist : Charles Walker

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• 1984
• STS-41-D
• Launch
• Pad
• Abort
• Space
• Shuttle
• Discovery

[skyprop]

Morton Dean!!! Brings me back!

[skyprop]

I Miss Morton on CBS for later flights

[xxcybertronxx1]

it was the engine behind the tail that didnt start!

[alfredroberthogan]

CORRECTION Morton Dean is the CBS News anchor (I believe from NYC)--the reporter at KSC is Peter van Sant. The guest-expert astronaut is Norman "Norm" Thagard.

[alfredroberthogan]

Morton Dean is the CBS News anchor at KSC--I believe the reporter might be Peter van Sant. The guest-expert astronaut is "Norm"--Thagard?

[flashfast2000]

@nythreefer nice attitude.

[nythreefer]

@Zoomer30 yeh u figured out something was wrong when the space shuttle didn't go into space. ur a real child prodigy.

[Zoomer30]

I watched this live. I knew somthing was wrong (at the age of 13) even before the camera switched to the side view. The start sequence is engine 3 (right lower) engine 2 (left lower) and engine 1 (under tail). Well I noticed that #2 started but 3 clearly had not, and went UH OH scaring my mom a bit. She was shocked I knew somthing was up that fast.

[Cellmate412162]

Thanks for posting. I just wanted to make a correction. The reporter said this situation has never happened before, but it actually had. On December 12, 1965, Gemini 6 had a premature engine cutoff 1 second after the engines ignited. And there was the risk that the Titan 2 rocket could have tipped over and exploded. The problem was caused by a dust cover stuck in the fuel pipes.