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 vehicle to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight in 2011 as the oldest and most accomplished orbiter.
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 …
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 …
Space Shuttle Discovery — Google Arts & Culture
An immersive tour of the Shuttle Explore Discovery at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Discovery: NASA's Busiest Shuttle | Space
Dec 11, 2017 · Discovery was the third shuttle to head into space, but it ended up flying the most missions: 39. Discovery also was the shuttle that did both "return to flight" missions after the...