| Discovery OV-103 | |
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 Space Shuttle Discovery being prepared for mission STS-121. STS-121 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. | |
| OV Designation: | OV-103 |
| Country: | United States |
| Contract award: | 29 January 1979 |
| Named after: | RRS Discovery |
| First flight: | STS-41-D August 30, 1984 – September 5, 1984 |
| Last flight: | STS-124 May 31st, 2008 - June 14th, 2008 |
| Number of missions: | 35 |
| Crews: | 214 |
| Time spent in space: | 310. Each NASA Space shuttle designation is composed of a prefix and suffix separated by a dash The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) History On 16 March 1900, construction on the Discovery began in Dundee, Scotland, by the Dundee Shipbuilders Company STS-41-D was the first space shuttle mission for Space Shuttle ''Discovery''. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) STS-124 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' to the International Space Station. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 60 days |
| Number of orbits: | 4,888 |
| Distance travelled: | 121,796,3162 mi 195,938,294 km |
| Satellites deployed: | 31 (including Hubble Space Telescope) |
| Mir dockings: | 1 |
| ISS dockings: | 9 |
| Status: | Active |
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States. The Hubble Space Telescope ( HST; also known colloquially as "the Hubble" or just "Hubble" is a space telescope that was carried into Mir (Мир which can mean both Peace and World, and was the name given to peasant communes in pre-revolutionary Russia was a Soviet (and Each NASA Space shuttle designation is composed of a prefix and suffix separated by a dash The Space Shuttle orbiters are the orbital Spacecraft of the Space Shuttle program operated by NASA, the space agency of the United States. NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System ( STS) is the Spacecraft currently used by the United States The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [1] (The other two are Atlantis and Endeavour. Space Shuttle Atlantis ( Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104 is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of Space Shuttle Endeavour ( Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105 is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of ) When first flown in 1984, Discovery became the third operational orbiter, and is now the oldest orbiter in service. Discovery has performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions.
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History
The spacecraft takes its name from previous ships of exploration named Discovery, primarily HMS Discovery, the sailing ship that accompanied famous explorer James Cook on his third and final major voyage. Captain James Cook FRS RN ( – 14 February 1779) was an English Explorer, Navigator and Others include Henry Hudson's ship Discovery which he used in 1610–1611 to search for a Northwest Passage, and RRS Discovery, a vessel used for expeditions to Antarctica in 1901-1904 by Scott and Shackleton (and still preserved as a museum). Henry Hudson' (1570 &ndash 1611 was an English Sea explorer and Navigator in the early 17th century The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago History On 16 March 1900, construction on the Discovery began in Dundee, Scotland, by the Dundee Shipbuilders Company Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE, (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922 was an Anglo-Irish explorer who was one of the principal figures of the period The shuttle shares a name with Discovery One, the fictional Jupiter spaceship from the films 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010. 2001 A Space Odyssey is a 1968 Science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C 2010 is a Science fiction film released in 1984 directed by Peter Hyams.
Discovery was the shuttle that launched the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope ( HST; also known colloquially as "the Hubble" or just "Hubble" is a space telescope that was carried into The second and third Hubble service missions were also conducted by Discovery. She has also launched the Ulysses probe and three TDRS satellites. Ulysses is a robotic Space probe designed to study the Sun at all latitudes A Tracking and Data Relay Satellite ( TDRS) is one of a network of Communications satellites of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS used Discovery has been chosen twice as the return to flight orbiter, first in 1988 as the return to flight orbiter after the 1986 Challenger disaster, and then for the twin return to flight missions in July 2005 and July 2006 after the 2003 Columbia disaster. STS-51-L was the twenty-fifth flight of the American Space Shuttle program, which marked the first time a civilian had flown aboard the Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated over Texas Discovery also carried Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn, who was 77 at the time, back into space during STS-95 on October 29, 1998, making him the oldest human being to venture into space. John Herschel Glenn Jr (born July 18 1921 in Cambridge Ohio) is a former United States Senator who first rose to fame as the first American to Orbit STS-95 was a mission of the Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on October 29 1998 Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
Had the planned missions from Vandenberg Air Force Base for the United States Department of Defense gone ahead, Discovery would have flown these missions. STS-62-A was a planned Space Shuttle mission to deliver a reconnaissance payload (Teal Ruby into polar orbit Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States military installation with a Spaceport, in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government
Current status
Discovery has landed safely at Kennedy Space Center runway 15, following successful mission STS-124. The John F Kennedy Space Center ( KSC) is the NASA Space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center ( Spaceport) on STS-124 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' to the International Space Station.
Flights
Discovery has flown 34 flights, spent 296. 84 days in space, completed 3,808 orbits, and flown 98,710,673 statute miles (158,859,429 km) in total, as of November 2007. Discovery is the orbiter fleet leader, having flown more flights than any other orbiter in the fleet. The Space Shuttle orbiters are the orbital Spacecraft of the Space Shuttle program operated by NASA, the space agency of the United States. Discovery has also flown on more individual flights than any other spacecraft in history. Discovery flew all three "return to flight" missions after the Challenger and Columbia disasters: STS-26 in 1988, STS-114 in 2005, and STS-121 in 2006. The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster took place on January 28 1986 when ''Challenger'', a Space Shuttle operated by NASA, broke apart The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated over Texas STS-26 was the 26th mission and seventh for Space Shuttle ''Discovery'', launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. STS-114 was the first " Return to Flight " Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster. STS-121 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''.
Notable missions
- STS-41-D: First flight. STS-41-D was the first space shuttle mission for Space Shuttle ''Discovery''.
- STS-51-D: Carried first sitting United States Member of Congress into space, Senator Jake Garn (R-UT). STS 51-D was the sixteenth flight of a space shuttle and the fourth flight of ''Discovery''. A Member of Congress is a Politician who is a member of a Congress. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Edwin Jacob Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician a member of the Republican Party, and served as a U The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States.
- STS-26: Return to space after Challenger disaster (STS-51-L). STS-26 was the 26th mission and seventh for Space Shuttle ''Discovery'', launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Space Shuttle Challenger ( NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099 was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service STS-51-L was the twenty-fifth flight of the American Space Shuttle program, which marked the first time a civilian had flown aboard the Space Shuttle
- STS-31: Launch of Hubble Space Telescope. STS-31 was the thirty-fifth mission of the American Space Shuttle program, which launched the Hubble Space Telescope astronomical observatory into The Hubble Space Telescope ( HST; also known colloquially as "the Hubble" or just "Hubble" is a space telescope that was carried into
- STS-60: First Russian launched in an American spacecraft (Sergei Krikalev). STS-60 was the first mission of the US / Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried the first Russian cosmonaut Sergei K
- STS-95: Second flight of John Glenn, oldest man in space and third sitting Member of Congress to enter space. STS-95 was a mission of the Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on October 29 1998 John Herschel Glenn Jr (born July 18 1921 in Cambridge Ohio) is a former United States Senator who first rose to fame as the first American to Orbit
- STS-92: The 100th Space Shuttle Mission. STS-92 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''.
- STS-114: Return to space after Columbia disaster (STS-107). STS-114 was the first " Return to Flight " Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster. Space Shuttle Columbia ( NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first spaceworthy Space shuttle in NASA 's The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated over Texas STS-107 was a Space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched January 16, 2003.
- STS-121: First Shuttle launch on the 4th of July Holiday, Return to Flight mission. STS-121 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples
- STS-116: First night time launch of a shuttle since the Columbia disaster. STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated over Texas Last Shuttle launch from LC-39B
- STS-120: Longest mission so far for this space shuttle. Launch Complex 39 (LC-39 is a Rocket launch site at the John F STS-120 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS that launched on October 23, 2007 from the Kennedy Space Center
Flights listing
| # | Date | Designation | Notes | Length of journey |
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| 1 | 1984 August 30 | STS-41-D | First Discovery mission: Launched two communications satellites, including LEASAT F2. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and STS-41-D was the first space shuttle mission for Space Shuttle ''Discovery''. A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial Satellite stationed in space for the purposes of Telecommunications. Syncom (for "synchronous communication satellite" started as a 1961 NASA program for active Geosynchronous Communication satellites all of which | 6 days, 00 hours, 56 minutes, 04 seconds |
| 2 | 1984 November 8 | STS-51-A | Launched two and rescued two communications satellites including LEASAT F1. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration STS-51-A was the second flight of Space Shuttle ''Discovery'', and the fourteenth shuttle flight | 7 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes, 56 seconds |
| 3 | 1985 January 24 | STS-51-C | Launched DOD Magnum ELINT satellite. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled STS 51-C was the fifteenth flight of a space shuttle, the third flight of Space Shuttle ''Discovery'', and the first United States Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government | 3 days, 01 hours, 33 minutes, 23 seconds |
| 4 | 1985 April 12 | STS-51-D | Launched two communications satellites including LEASAT F3. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. STS 51-D was the sixteenth flight of a space shuttle and the fourth flight of ''Discovery''. | 6 days, 23 hours, 55 minutes, 23 seconds |
| 5 | 1985 June 17 | STS-51-G | Launched two communications satellites, Sultan Salman al-Saud becomes first Saudi Arabian in space. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat STS 51-G was the eighteenth flight of a space shuttle, and the fifth flight of ''Discovery''. Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( Arabic: سلطان بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) is an officer in the Royal Saudi The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi | 7 days, 01 hours, 38 minutes, 52 seconds |
| 6 | 1985 August 27 | STS-51-I | Launched two communications satellites including LEASAT F4. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan STS-51-I was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission that deployed three communications satellites Recovered LEASAT F3. | 7 days, 02 hours, 17 minutes, 42 seconds |
| 7 | 1988 September 29 | STS-26 | Return to flight after Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, launched TDRS. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. STS-26 was the 26th mission and seventh for Space Shuttle ''Discovery'', launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster took place on January 28 1986 when ''Challenger'', a Space Shuttle operated by NASA, broke apart A Tracking and Data Relay Satellite ( TDRS) is one of a network of Communications satellites of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS used | 4 days, 01 hours, 00 minutes, 11 seconds |
| 8 | 1989 March 13 | STS-29 | Launched TDRS. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. STS-29 was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission to insert a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS into Earth's orbit | 4 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes, 52 seconds |
| 9 | 1989 November 22 | STS-33 | Launched DOD Magnum ELINT satellite. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran STS-33 was the fifth space shuttle mission for the Department of Defense. | 5 days, 00 hours, 06 minutes, 49 seconds |
| 10 | 1990 April 24 | STS-31 | Launch of Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to STS-31 was the thirty-fifth mission of the American Space Shuttle program, which launched the Hubble Space Telescope astronomical observatory into The Hubble Space Telescope ( HST; also known colloquially as "the Hubble" or just "Hubble" is a space telescope that was carried into | 5 days, 01 hours, 16 minutes, 06 seconds |
| 11 | 1990 October 6 | STS-41 | Launch of Ulysses. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus STS-41 was the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle ''Discovery''. Ulysses is a robotic Space probe designed to study the Sun at all latitudes | 4 days, 02 hours, 10 minutes, 04 seconds |
| 12 | 1991 April 28 | STS-39 | Launched DOD Air Force Program-675 (AFP675) satellite. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title STS-39 was the code for a mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery | 8 days, 07 hours, 22 minutes, 23 seconds |
| 13 | 1991 September 12 | STS-48 | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the STS-48 was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission that launched on September 12, 1991, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida Chemical studies instruments Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES CLAES is a Spectrometer that determines the concentrations and distributions of | 5 days, 08 hours, 27 minutes, 38 seconds |
| 14 | 1992 January 22 | STS-42 | International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1). Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. STS-42 was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission with the Spacelab module | 8 days, 01 hours, 14 minutes, 44 seconds. |
| 15 | 1992 December 2 | STS-53 | Department of Defense payload. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire STS-53 was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission in support of the United States Department of Defense. | 7 days, 07 hours, 19 minutes, 47 seconds |
| 16 | 1993 April 8 | STS-56 | Atmospheric Laboratory (ATLAS-2). Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian STS-56 was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission to perform special experiments | 9 days, 06 hours, 08 minutes, 24 seconds |
| 17 | 1993 September 12 | STS-51 | Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS). Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the STS-51 was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission to insert the ACTS satellite into earth orbit | 9 days, 20 hours, 11 minutes, 11 seconds |
| 18 | 1994 February 3 | STS-60 | Wake Shield Facility (WSF). Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states STS-60 was the first mission of the US / Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried the first Russian cosmonaut Sergei K | 7 days, 06 hours, 08 minutes, 36 seconds |
| 19 | 1994 September 9 | STS-64 | LIDAR In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE). Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian STS-64 was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission to perform multiple experiment packages | 10 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes, 57 seconds |
| 20 | 1995 February 3 | STS-63 | Rendezvous with Mir space station. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Crew James D Wetherbee (3 Commander Eileen Collins (1 Pilot Michael Foale (3 Mission Specialist 1 Mir (Мир which can mean both Peace and World, and was the name given to peasant communes in pre-revolutionary Russia was a Soviet (and | 8 days, 06 hours, 29 minutes, 36 seconds |
| 21 | 1995 July 13 | STS-70 | 7th Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to STS-70 was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission to insert a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS into earth orbit | 8 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes, 05 seconds |
| 22 | 1997 February 11 | STS-82 | Servicing Hubble Space Telescope (HST) (HSM-2). Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. STS-82 was a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission by Space Shuttle ''Discovery''. The Hubble Space Telescope ( HST; also known colloquially as "the Hubble" or just "Hubble" is a space telescope that was carried into | 9 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes, 09 seconds |
| 23 | 1997 August 7 | STS-85 | Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. STS-85 was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission to perform multiple space science packages | 11 days, 20 hours, 28 minutes, 07 seconds |
| 24 | 1998 June 2 | STS-91 | Final Shuttle/Mir Docking Mission. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks STS-91 was the final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station | 9 days, 19 hours, 55 minutes, 01 seconds |
| 25 | 1998 October 29 | STS-95 | SPACEHAB, second flight of John Glenn, Pedro Duque becomes first Spaniard in space. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II STS-95 was a mission of the Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on October 29 1998 Spacehab Inc ( is an aerospace company headquartered in Webster, Texas near the Johnson Space Center. John Herschel Glenn Jr (born July 18 1921 in Cambridge Ohio) is a former United States Senator who first rose to fame as the first American to Orbit Pedro Duque Duque (born 14 March 1963) is a Spanish Astronaut and a veteran of two space missions | 8 days, 21 hours, 44 minutes, 56 seconds |
| 26 | 1999 May 27 | STS-96 | Resupply mission for the International Space Station. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed STS-96 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery'', and the first shuttle flight to | 9 days, 19 hours, 13 minutes, 57 seconds |
| 27 | 1999 December 19 | STS-103 | Servicing Hubble Space Telescope (HST) (HSM-3A). Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. STS-103 was a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission by Space Shuttle ''Discovery''. The Hubble Space Telescope ( HST; also known colloquially as "the Hubble" or just "Hubble" is a space telescope that was carried into | 7 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes, 34 seconds |
| 28 | 2000 October 11 | STS-92 | International Space Station Assembly Flight (carried and assembled the Z1 truss); 100th Shuttle mission. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed STS-92 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. The Integrated Truss Structure forms the backbone of the International Space Station, with mountings for unpressurized logistics carriers Radiators solar | 12 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes, 47 seconds |
| 29 | 2001 March 8 | STS-102 | International Space Station crew rotation flight (Expedition 1 and Expedition 2) | 12 days, 19 hours, 51 minutes, 57 seconds |
| 30 | 2001 August 10 | STS-105 | International Space Station crew and supplies delivery (Expedition 2 and Expedition 3) | 11 days 21 hours, 13 minutes,52 seconds |
| 31 | 2005 July 26 | STS-114 | Return to flight since Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; International Space Station (ISS) supplies delivery, new safety procedures testing and evaluation. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery'' and launched from Kennedy Space Expedition 1 was the first expedition to the International Space Station. Expedition 2 was the second expedition to the International Space Station. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire STS-105 was a mission of the Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' to the International Space Station; launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida Expedition 2 was the second expedition to the International Space Station. Expedition 3 was the third expedition to the International Space Station. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus STS-114 was the first " Return to Flight " Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster. The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated over Texas | 13 days, 21 hours, 33 minutes, 00 seconds |
| 32 | 2006 July 4 | STS-121 | Return to flight since Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; ISS crew and supplies delivery. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples STS-121 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. | 12 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes, 54 seconds |
| 33 | 2006 December 9 | STS-116 | ISS crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the P5 truss segment); Last flight to launch on pad 39-B; First night launch since Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. The Integrated Truss Structure forms the backbone of the International Space Station, with mountings for unpressurized logistics carriers Radiators solar | 12 days, 20 hours, 44 minutes, 16 seconds |
| 34 | 2007 October 23 | STS-120 | ISS crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the Harmony module). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - STS-120 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS that launched on October 23, 2007 from the Kennedy Space Center Harmony, known prior as Node 2, is the "utility hub" of the International Space Station. | 15 days, 02 hours, 23 minutes, 55 seconds* |
| 35 | 2008 May 31 | STS-124 | ISS crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the Kibō JEM PM module). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. STS-124 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' to the International Space Station. The Japanese Experiment Module (JEM ( Japanese: Kibō きぼう Hope is a Japanese science module for the International Space Station | 13 days, 18 hours, 13 minutes, 7 secs |
| 36 | 2008 December 4 | STS-119** | Planned International Space Station crew rotation and assembly of a fourth starboard truss segment (ITS S6)and a fourth set of solar arrays and batteries. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. STS-119 is a planned Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS which will be flown by Space Shuttle ''Discovery''. A photovoltaic array is a linked collection of Photovoltaic modules which are in turn made of multiple interconnected Solar cells The cells convert |
* Longest shuttle mission for Discovery. **Targeted date as mission has yet to launch.
Decommissioning of Space Shuttle Discovery
According to the current schedule, Space Shuttle Discovery will be decommissioned in 2010. To decommission a ship is to terminate her career in service in the armed forces of her nation [2][3] If the Contingency Logistic Flight STS-133 by Endeavour is not flown, Discovery will be the last space shuttle to fly on mission STS-132. STS-133 ( ULF5) will deliver the final components of the International Space Station and the third and fourth EXPRESS Logistics Carrier. Space Shuttle Endeavour ( Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105 is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of STS-132 is a mission of the Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' to visit the International Space Station, planned for April 8, 2010. NASA expects to launch the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle on the new Ares I rocket by 2014. Orion is a Spacecraft design currently under development by the United States space agency NASA. Ares I is the crew Launch vehicle being developed by NASA as a component of Project Constellation.
Gallery
 STS-121 launches, the only Independence Day shuttle launch for NASA. STS-121 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. |  The launch of STS-41-D, Discovery’s first mission. STS-41-D was the first space shuttle mission for Space Shuttle ''Discovery''. |  Space Shuttle Discovery after undocking from the International Space Station on Nov. 5 2007. |  The Space Shuttle Discovery and a Soyuz spacecraft. |
References
- ^ NASA (2007). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Space Shuttle Overview: Discovery (OV-103). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Retrieved on November 6, 2007.
- ^ NASA (2007). Consolidated Launch Manifest. NASA. Retrieved on October 10, 2007.
- ^ Chris Bergin (2006). NASA sets new launch date targets through to STS-124. NASASpaceflight. com. Retrieved on October 15, 2007.
See also
- List of human spaceflights
- List of Space Shuttle crews
- List of space shuttle missions
- Timeline of Space Shuttle missions
- List of human spaceflights chronologically
External links
- Mission Summary Archive
- Return to Flight mission STS-114 and STS-121
- Shuttle Orbiter Discovery (OV-103)
- Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery
- Discovery on Servicing Mission 2 at ESA/Hubble site
- Discovery on Servicing Mission 3A at ESA/Hubble site
- Pictures of preparations for a launch of Discovery
- 04/16/07: Consolidated Launch Manifest: Space Shuttle Flights and ISS Assembly Sequence.
These chronological lists include all crewed spaceflights that reached an altitude of at least 100 km (the FAI definition of spaceflight or were launched with that intention but failed This is a list of persons who served aboard Space Shuttle crews, arranged in chronological order by mission Naming in the US Space Shuttle (STS program The shuttle is officially referred to as the Space Transportation System (STS Timeline of space shuttle missions Post-Columbia timeline These chronological lists include all crewed spaceflights that reached an altitude of at least 100 km (the FAI definition of spaceflight or were launched with that intention but failed
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