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After 143 million miles and nearly a year all told in orbit, space shuttle Discovery is poised to blast off Thursday one last time. Look InsideĮxplore Discovery's flight deck, mid-deck, and payload bay in these panoramic images panoramic images. The exhibit includes a full-size mockup of the Space Shuttle Discovery middeck. Visit the Moving Beyond Earth gallery, focused on the space shuttle era. SHARE DISCOVERY Discovery in Washington, DC

13 flights to the International Space Station (1999-2011).

2 flights to Russian space station Mir (1995, 1998).

3 Hubble Space Telescope flights (1990 deployment and 2 servicing visits, 1997, 1999).

9 flights with science labs, instruments, probes as primary payloads (1990-1998).

4 Department of Defense flights (1985-1992).

8 communications satellite delivery flights (1984-1989, 1995).

Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station during STS-120 rendezvous and docking operations. Space Shuttle Discovery Approaches ISS on STS-120 Mission The space shuttle Discovery sits ready for launch on its final flight, STS-133, at Kennedy Space Center. Space Shuttle Discovery STS-133 on Launch Pad Hubble Space Telescope is unberthed and lifted up into the sunlight during second servicing mission in 1997.

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STS-95 Payload Specialist John Glenn positions himself to take photos from the Discovery's aft flight deck windows on Flight Day 3. The Return to Flight launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery and its five man crew from Pad 39-B at 11:37 a.m. Space Shuttle Discovery on approach to International Space Station performs backflip to allow photography of its heat shield. The crew of Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-33 led by first African American shuttle commander Frederick Gregory. Space Shuttle Discovery stands ready for launch of mission STS-92, the 100th in the history of the Shuttle program. The crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-114, including Commander Eileen Collins, in front of the shuttle Discovery. Rendezvous and approach of Discovery to the Mir Russian Space Station on its final docking mission STS-91. Jernigan adjust hatch for Unity node during STS-96, first shuttle mission to dock with ISS. International Space Station (ISS) seen from Discovery during STS-96, the first mission to dock with ISS in 1999.Īstronauts Rick D. Italian Space Agency-built MPLM Leonardo, primary cargo of the STS-102 mission, rests in payload bay of space shuttle Discovery.īright lights at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15 illuminate the landing of Space Shuttle Discovery. Multipurpose Logistics Module, Leonardo, Rests in Discovery's Payload Bay With its drag chute unfurled, space shuttle Discovery rolls down Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Space shuttle Discovery after leaving the International Space Station on Maduring STS-133. Polyakov looks out Mir's window during rendezvous with Space Shuttle Discovery STS-63 mission. Hubble Space Telescope being deployed on April 25, 1990, from the payload bay of Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31).Ĭosmonaut Valeriy V. Delivered trusses, Harmony node, Kibo laboratory module, Robonaut2, Leonardo module, and tons of supplies to International Space Station (1999-2011)ĭiscovery launched on its final flight to the International Space Station on the STS-133 mission February 24, 2011.Made first docking with International Space Station (1999).Made final docking visit to Mir space station (1998).

Made first visit to Mir, rendezvous without docking (1995).Flown by both women commanders, Eileen Collins (2005) and Pamela Melroy (2006).

Piloted by first female spacecraft pilot, Eileen Collins (1995), and by Pamela Melroy on her first flight as pilot (2000).

Flown by first African American commander, Frederick Gregory (1989).

Served as Return-to-Flight vehicle after Challenger and Columbia tragedies (1988, 2005).

First non-astronaut to fly on space shuttle, Charles Walker (1984).

Three Hubble Space Telescope missions: deployment (1990) servicing (1997, 1999).

Satellite delivery and retrieval, Department of Defense, scientific, Hubble Space Telescope, Mir, and space station assembly, crew exchange, and resupply missions.

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Discovery well represents the full scope of human spaceflight in the period 1981-2011. Discovery also flew every type of mission during the space shuttle era and has a record of distinctions. The longest-serving orbiter, Discovery flew 39 times from 1984 through 2011 - more missions than any of its sister ships - spending altogether 365 days in space. Discovery has earned a place of honor in the collection of national treasures preserved by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.