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- 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
- 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
- 3D Scanning Space Shuttle Discovery
Smithsonian's Digitzation Program Office collect 3D data of Space Shuttle Discovery For the safety of the shuttle, people cannot walk underneath it in the gallery The public can experience the magnificent object by walking around it from the ground level or up on surrounding walkways in its hangar at the Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center
- Space Shuttle Discovery | National Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle orbiter, delta-winged spaceplane design, covered with white thermal protection blankets and black thermal protection tiles; marked Discovery on both sides of forward fuselage Created: June 24, 2013
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center | National Air and Space Museum
The Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center displays thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including the Space Shuttle Discovery, a Blackbird SR-71, and a Concorde, in two large hangars Hours 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
- 5 Unusual Facts About Space Shuttle Discovery
On August 30, 1984, Space Shuttle Discovery took off on its first mission—beginning its nearly 30 years of space exploration When Discovery retired in 2011, it was NASA’s oldest and most accomplished orbiter It flew nearly 150 million miles and spent 365 days in space, flying just about every type of mission during the shuttle era
- Michael López-Alegría - National Air and Space Museum
He first flew as a mission specialist on the STS-73 mission (1995), the second U S Microgravity Laboratory Spacelab mission on Space Shuttle Columbia He returned to space in 2000 on the STS-92 mission on Space Shuttle Discovery to deliver and install the Z-1 truss segment and a pressurized mating adapter (docking port) for the International
- Making History Aboard Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa uses a 70mm handheld camera to record an ocean scene during the ATLAS 2 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, 1993 Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center It was a turning point for Ochoa, whose groundbreaking career would send her on four separate space missions and eventually to the helm of NASA’s Johnson Space
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