Space Shuttle Discovery - Wikipedia Space 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
Following the 1986 and 2003 Shuttle Disasters, ‘Discovery . . . 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 on
40 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Discovery Makes its Public Debut On Oct 16, 1983, NASA’s newest space shuttle, Discovery, made its public debut during a rollout ceremony at its manufacturing plant in Palmdale, California Under construction for three years, Discovery joined NASA’s other two space-worthy orbiters, Columbia and Challenger, and atmospheric test vehicle Enterprise
Sen. John Cornyn to speak about bringing Space Shuttle . . . According to a news release from Cornyn's office, Space Shuttle Discovery is owned by the federal government It is currently in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Steven F Udvar
Space Shuttle Discovery - NASAs 3rd Operational Space . . . Space Shuttle Discovery was the third operational space shuttle It was the third orbiter built and the lightest one because of its lightweight thermal blanket material Discovery was commonly referred to as OV-103, for Orbiter Vehicle-103