Feb 23, 2011 · The last astronaut crew of space shuttle Discovery are all veteran spaceflyers. Meet shuttle Discovery's final crew, the astronauts of STS-133.

Apr 30, 2025 · First flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. The primary payloads for the mission were three commercial communications satellites – SBS-4 for Small Business Systems, Telstar 3C for Telesat …

Jul 4, 2006 · STS-121 was a 2006 NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station flown by Space Shuttle Discovery.

Feb 23, 2026 · NASA’s space shuttle fleet began setting records with its first launch on April 12, 1981 and continued to set high marks of achievement and endurance through 30 years of missions. …

Jan 10, 2024 · Space shuttle Discovery and the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft lift off from Edwards Air Force Base early in the morning... EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – (ED09-0253-84) The tail …

Sep 12, 2009 · Members of the STS-128 mission crew line up behind Space Shuttle Discovery in front of the Mate DeMate Device at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center prior to their departure.

Mar 16, 2009 · The U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifted off on Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying seven astronauts on a 13-day mission to the International Space …

Discovery’s first mission began with drama—three launch delays, the first on-pad abort (just four seconds before liftoff), an invisible hydrogen fire detected on the base of the space shuttle stack, and …

Nov 1, 2010 · The last crew of space shuttle Discovery is an experienced astronaut bunch.

Oct 31, 1998 · Button, "SPACE MANufacturer", McDonnell Douglas Button, "SPACE MANufacturer", McDonnell Douglas Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Charles Walker, a McDonnell …