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Discovery arrived at NASA ’s Kennedy Space Center ( KSC ) on Nov. 9, 1983 , after a cross-country ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California .
The new vehicle weighed nearly 8,000 pounds less than its sister ship Columbia .
Discovery 's first flight, originally designated STS-12 and later renamed STS 41D , took off on Aug. 30 , and the astronauts completed a successful six-day mission.
Failure of the shuttle’s backup General Purpose Computer (GPC) caused a one-day delay of the first launch attempt on June 25 .
A hydrogen fire, invisible to the naked eye, had broken out at the aft end of the orbiter.
In the 10 years following the June 1984 abort, four additional shuttle launch attempts ended with an RSLS abort after at least one main engine had ignited.
NASA astronaut Daniel W. Bursch holds the distinction as the only person to have experienced two on-the-pad aborts.
The lessons learned from these experiences can inform current and future programs.
For example, the Space Launch System uses main engines leftover from the space shuttle program to power its booster stage.
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