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Bookmark or Share- Space Shuttle Discovery | National Air and Space MuseumVisit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.
- Following the 1986 and 2003 Shuttle Disasters, 'Discovery' Launched ...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 day...
- Space Shuttle Discovery - WikipediaSpace Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) 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 built. [2] Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it ...
- Space Shuttle Discovery | National Air and Space MuseumThe Space Shuttle Discovery flew every kind of mission an orbiter was meant to fly. As a historical object in the Museum's collection, it embodies the 30-year history of U.S. human spaceflight from 1981 to 2011, the era of the Space Shuttle program.
- Space Shuttle Discovery Returns Home After Final MissionWith Discovery and its crew safely home, the stage is set for the launch of shuttle Endeavour on its STS-134 mission, targeted to lift off on April 19. Endeavour’s flight will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) to the space station.
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