Astronaut Hank Hartsfield, Led 1st Flight of Space Shuttle Discovery, Dies at 80

Friday, July 18, 2014 - 12:00 in Astronomy & Space

Astronaut Hank Hartsfield, who commanded space shuttle Discovery's first flight, died on July 17, 2014. He was 80. Hartsfield logged a total of 483 hours in space, circling the Earth 321 times on three space shuttle missions.

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