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Space Shuttle Discovery - Wikipedia
Discovery performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions, and also carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit among other satellites. Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by Endeavour and then Atlantis.
Following the 1986 and 2003 Shuttle Disasters, 'Discovery ...
Discovery was ready to go back into the weightless expanse—the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster nearly three years earlier. Would there be a repeat of that terrible...
Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter to fly in space. From 1984 to 2012, Discovery flew 39 Earth-orbital missions, spent a total of 365 days in space, and traveled almost 240 million km (150 million mi) —more than the other orbiters.
Will Discovery shuttle move to Houston? NASA's Isaacman casts ...
Discovery, which made its inaugural flight in 1984, completed 39 missions before it retired in 2011 as the oldest and most-used orbiter in U.S. history. During its career, Discovery shuttled...
40 Years Ago: STS-41D – First Flight of Space Shuttle Discovery
Space shuttle Discovery, the third space-qualified orbiter in NASA’s fleet and named after several historical ships of exploration, incorporated manufacturing lessons learned from the first orbiters.
Space shuttle | Names, Challenger, Columbia, Definition ...
Space shuttle, partially reusable rocket-launched vehicle designed to go into orbit around Earth, to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft, and to glide to a runway landing on its return to Earth’s surface. It was developed by NASA and made 135 spaceflights between 1981 and 2011.
NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery: A Journey Beyond Earth
But it wasn’t just about the numbers. Every one of those missions carried stories of daring experiments, cosmic firsts, and monumental milestones. Let’s dive into the incredible journey of Discovery — a shuttle that didn’t just explore space, but made history every time it left the launch pad.
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