Space Shuttle Discovery
Space shuttle discovery is one of the orbiters from nasa s space shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built.
Space shuttle discovery. Its first mission sts 41 d flew from august 30 to september 5 1984. Space shuttle discovery orbiter vehicle designation. During the program s 30 year history its five orbiters columbia challenger discovery atlantis and endeavour carried more than 350 people into space and flew more than 500 million miles and. About space shuttle discovery discovery has earned a place of honor in the collection of national treasures preserved by the smithsonian national air and space museum.
Discovery was the third space shuttle orbiter to fly in space. Discovery ov 103 the third of nasa s fleet of reusable winged spaceships arrived at kennedy space center in november 1983. It carried aloft three communications satellites for deployment by its astronaut crew. 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.
The space shuttle was a partially reusable low earth orbital spacecraft system that was operated from 1981 to 2011 by the national aeronautics and space administration nasa as part of the space shuttle program. Discovery lifts off at the start of sts 120. Discovery ov 103 discovery ov 103 was nasa s third space shuttle orbiter to join the fleet arriving for the first time at the kennedy space center in florida in november 1983. The longest serving orbiter discovery flew 39 times from 1984 through 2011 more missions than any of its sister ships spending altogether 365 days in space.
In 39 voyages to space discovery crews launched the hubble space telescope. Ov 103 is one of the orbiters from nasa s space shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. After checkout and processing it was launched on aug. 30 1984 for its first mission 41 d to deploy three communications satellites.
Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. Its first mission sts 41 d flew from august 30 to september 5 1984. A lucky overpass of the space station over florida on april 6 2005 allowed leroy and his crew mate salizhan sharipov a unique view of the rollout of the space shuttle discovery.