|
- 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
- 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
- Trump pick for NASA chief Jared Isaacman pledges to move . . .
Jared Isaacman, President Trump's pick to lead NASA, is on board with moving the space shuttle Discovery to Houston, according to one of the senators behind the controversial plan
- The Space Shuttle - NASA
The Space Shuttle was the world’s first reusable spacecraft, and the first spacecraft in history that can carry large satellites both to and from orbit The Shuttle launches like a rocket, maneuvers in Earth orbit like a spacecraft and lands like an airplane Each of the three Space Shuttle orbiters now in operation—Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour—is designed to fly at least 100
- NASA nominee committed to relocating Shuttle Discovery
The role of NASA administrator is unlikely to be enviable as the agency faces hard choices due to a constrained budget The job is complicated further by the requirement to relocate Space Shuttle Discovery "in one piece" from Virginia to Texas for $85 million (including the construction of a facility to house the vehicle)
- Space Shuttle Discovery - Google Arts Culture
A four time shuttle veteran with more than 1,000 hours in space Online Exhibit Sally Ride: The First American Woman in Space How her flight jacket helps tell her groundbreaking spaceflight story Online Exhibit Dr Kathryn D Sullivan: The First American Woman to Spacewalk Learn about the training and equipment needed to survive in space
- Give Space Center Houston a Starship instead of the Discovery
There is a conspicuous absence of a flown shuttle at Space Center Houston, near the Johnson Spaceflight Center, the home of Mission Control
|
|
|