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 …
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 …
NEW: Smithsonian directed to prepare Space Shuttle Discovery ...
Oct 2, 2025 · The Smithsonian has been asked by OMB to work with NASA to prepare to move the Discovery space shuttle to Houston, TX, within the 18 months specified in the reconciliation bill …
40 Years Ago: STS-41D – First Flight of Space Shuttle Discovery
Sep 3, 2024 · 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 …
Following the 1986 and 2003 Shuttle Disasters, 'Discovery ...
Sep 29, 2021 · 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 …
First Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery
Aug 2, 2019 · This photo of space shuttle Discovery was taken on August 30, 1984 by astronaut John Young from the air in the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA). Discovery went on to complete 39 …
Space Shuttle Discovery — Google Arts & Culture
An immersive tour of the Shuttle Explore Discovery at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum