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Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most utilized orbiter Discovery was flown on 39 Earth-orbital missions, spent a total of 365 days in space, and traveled almost 240 million kilometers (150 million miles)--more than the other orbiters It shuttled 184 men and women into space and
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 What was the Space Shuttle Program?
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
Discovery’s First Launch: Four Times on the Pad In 1984, Discovery ascended into space for the first time, after three thwarted launch attempts Originally scheduled to lift off in June 1984, Discovery launched on August 30 as the twelfth space shuttle mission