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- Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
The Space Shuttle Discovery is a reusable spacecraft that carried astronauts into space and is now displayed at the National Air and Space Museum
- 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
- Forty Years of Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
In total, six of unique Space Shuttle orbiters were built but Discovery stands out with the greatest flight history record: 39 missions and 365 total days spent in space That’s quite a feat for the journeys the orbiter took, but it’s also a testament to the team that made each of those flights possible On its 40th anniversary, Discovery’s curator Jennifer Levasseur takes a look at
- Discovery’s First Mission - National Air and Space Museum
Discovery entered service in 1984 as the third orbiter in the space shuttle fleet Columbia and Challenger had already flown a total of 11 missions as America’s “space truck ” Discovery’s first mission, STS-41D, followed suit as the crew deployed, for the first time, three communications satellites, but it also signaled how the shuttle could serve as more than a delivery vehicle
- 3D Scanning Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
It took six tireless weeks to capture Space Shuttle Discovery, inside and out An epic project creates an epic amount of data, 4 2 TB to be precise These datasets were created using a variety of capture techniques including laser scanning, structured light scanning, and photogrammetry
- 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
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center - National Air and Space Museum
The Udvar-Hazy Center displays thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including the Space Shuttle Discovery and a Concorde, in two large hangars
- 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
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