Space Shuttle Discovery
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Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be bui
Discovery in orbit in 2011, during STS-133, the orbiter's final flight
Space Shuttle Discovery at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Discovery rollout ceremony in October 1983
On the maiden voyage of Discovery: Judith Resnik, Henry Hartsfield, Michael L. Coats, Steven A. Hawley, Charles D. Walker, and Richard M. Mullane
Space Shuttle
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The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle Discovery
…HMS Discovery (1774) Serial no. OV-103 Owner NASA Manufacturer Rockwell International Specifications Dry mass 78,000 kilograms (172,000 lb) Rocket Space Shuttle History First flight August 30 – September 5, 1984 STS-41-D Last flight February 24 – March 9, 2011 STS-133 Flights 39 Flight time 8,783 hours Travelled…
Discovery lifts off at the start of the STS-120 mission.
Columbia undergoing installation of its ceramic tiles
Enterprise during the Approach and Landing Tests
Columbia launching on STS-1