Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by endeavour and then atlantis. The space shuttle discovery flew every kind of mission an orbiter was meant to fly Human spaceflight from 1981 to 2011, the era of the space shuttle program What was the space shuttle program? The space shuttle discovery is seen on launch pad 39a after the rotating service structure (rss) is rolled back on wednesday, nov 3, 2010 at the nasa kennedy space center in cape canaveral, fla
Discovery was the third shuttle to head into space, but it ended up flying the most missions Discovery also was the shuttle that did both return to flight missions after the challenger and. An immersive tour of the shuttle explore discovery at the smithsonian's national air and space museum The launch of space shuttle discovery is captured in this april 12, 1985, photo Discovery carried out 39 missions, more than any other space shuttle. The space shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the u.s
