Video: 'STS 41-G: Mission Highlights' (launch at 6:45)

(Friday, October 5, 1984, 11:03:00 UTC) — The space shuttle Challenger blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center today on an 8-day mission; members of the crew included Kathryn D. Sullivan, who became the first American woman to walk in space, and Marc Garneau, the first Canadian astronaut.