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 …
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 …
Space shuttle | Names, Challenger, Columbia, Definition ...
Dec 2, 2025 · 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 …
Space Shuttle Discovery To Remain At Smithsonian Where It ...
Jan 9, 2026 · It looks like Space Shuttle Discovery won't have to pack its bags for the Lone Star state just yet.
Space Shuttle Discovery - Google Arts & Culture
An immersive tour of the Shuttle Explore Discovery at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum