Discovery first flew in August 1984, completed 39 trips into space, and remains NASA's oldest surviving shuttle ... Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum annex. There, it will replace ...

The milestones, heartbreaks, and discoveries that shaped NASA's 30-year shuttle program. NASA's storied space shuttle program experienced extraordinary triumphs and heartbreaking tragedies during ...

Construction on Endeavour commenced in 1987, using spare parts from Discovery and Atlantis. Final assembly finished in July 1990, and the shuttle was shipped to the Kennedy Space Center in May ...

In 1984 it was lent to NASA and taken aound the Earth in the Space Shuttle orbiter, Discovery. It is the Polar Museum's most well travelled object. Comments are closed for this object What's this?

Space Shuttle Endeavour will be hoisted into the air and delicately placed into upright launch-ready position at the ...

After working to improve the booster design and creating new management practices to improve safety, NASA relaunched shuttle flights on Sept. 29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center.

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The brand new space shuttle Discovery visited Vandenberg Air Force Base on Nov. 6, 1983. After test glide and landings upon release from aircraft in 1977, the Space Shuttle began orbital flights ...