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 as the oldest and most utilized orbiter Discovery was flown on 39 Earth-orbital missions, spent a total of 365 days in space, and traveled almost 240 million kilometers (150 million miles)--more than the other orbiters It shuttled 184 men and women into space and
Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum The 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 What was the Space Shuttle Program?
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 as the oldest and most utilized orbiter Discovery was flown on 39 Earth-orbital missions, spent a total of 365 days in space, and traveled almost 240 million kilometers (150 million miles)--more than the other orbiters
Space Shuttle program - National Air and Space Museum The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011 It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA The Space Shuttle, officially known as the Space Transportation System (STS), was the first reusable spacecraft to carry humans into orbit
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Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum The space shuttle Discovery is the centerpiece of the James S McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va
When Enterprise Met Discovery - National Air and Space Museum In 2012, Discovery took its final flight to the Udvar-Hazy Center Enterprise is now on display at the the Intrepid Sea, Air Space Museum in New York City The National Air and Space Museum is home to Space Shuttle Discovery, a magnificent spacecraft that flew almost 150 million miles in space
John Glenns Return to Space on Discovery But Glenn’s return to space was distinctive because it came 36 years after his historic 1962 flight on the Mercury Friendship 7 spacecraft, when he became the first American in orbit When John Glenn boarded the shuttle orbiter Discovery, now in the Museum’s collection and displayed at our Udvar-Hazy Center, he was 77 years old—the oldest person at that point to venture into space
Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Brings Space Shuttle . . . The National Air and Space Museum and Google Arts Culture are celebrating the anniversary of Space Shuttle Discovery’s first launch, Aug 30, 1984, by launching artifacts, exhibits and tours into the virtual world Now, more than 200 space shuttle artifacts, several digital exhibitions, virtual tours and a 360-degree video inside Discovery with astronauts Kathryn Sullivan and Charles
Discovery’s First Launch: Four Times on the Pad In 1984, Discovery ascended into space for the first time, after three thwarted launch attempts Originally scheduled to lift off in June 1984, Discovery launched on August 30 as the twelfth space shuttle mission