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- Space Shuttle Discovery - Wikipedia
Discovery performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions, and also carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit among other satellites Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by Endeavour and then Atlantis
- The Smithsonian Institution owns the Discovery. Museum resists Trump . . .
The Smithsonian Institution says NASA relinquished full ownership of Space Shuttle Discovery, but Congress wants to force the vehicle's relocation
- Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter to fly in space 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
- 40 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Discovery Makes its Public Debut
In the course of its 39 missions spanning more than 26 years, Discovery flew virtually every type of mission envisioned for the space shuttle, including government and commercial satellite deployments and retrievals, launching and servicing scientific observatories such as the Hubble Space Telescope, resupplying the Russian Mir space station
- Space Shuttle Discovery — Google Arts Culture
An immersive tour of the Shuttle Explore Discovery at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
- Space Shuttle Discovery – NASA’s 3rd Operational Space shuttle
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 Discovery was first flown in 1984 and retired in 2011
- Bid to relocate Space Shuttle Discovery faces museum pushback
Bid to relocate Space Shuttle Discovery faces museum pushback The push to move Discovery from the Air and Space Museum's site in northern Virginia began in April, when Texas Senator John Cornyn, a
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