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  2. Space Shuttle Discovery - Wikipedia

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    Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA 's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. [ 2 ] Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984.

  3. STS-26 - Wikipedia

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    STS-27 →. STS-26 was the 26th NASA Space Shuttle mission and the seventh flight of the orbiter Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on September 29, 1988, and landed four days later on October 3, 1988. STS-26 was declared the "Return to Flight" mission, being the first mission after the Space Shuttle Challenger ...

  4. STS-41-D - Wikipedia

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    STS-41-G (13) →. STS-41-D (formerly STS-14) was the 12th flight of NASA 's Space Shuttle program, and the first mission of Space Shuttle Discovery. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 30, 1984, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on September 5, 1984. Three commercial communications satellites were ...

  5. STS-31 - Wikipedia

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    STS-41 (36) →. STS-31 was the 35th mission of NASA 's Space Shuttle program. The primary purpose of this mission was the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) into low Earth orbit. The mission used the Space Shuttle Discovery (the tenth mission for this orbiter), which lifted off from Launch Complex 39B on April 24, 1990, from ...

  6. Space Shuttle orbiter - Wikipedia

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    Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-135 (July 21, 2011) The Space Shuttle orbiter is the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued Space Shuttle program. Operated from 1981 to 2011 by NASA, [ 1 ] the U.S. space agency, this vehicle could carry astronauts and payloads into ...

  7. STS-95 - Wikipedia

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    STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998, using the orbiter Discovery. It was the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission flown since the start of the Space Shuttle program in April 1981. It was a highly publicized mission due to former Project Mercury astronaut and United States ...

  8. STS-51 - Wikipedia

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    STS-51. STS-51 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that launched the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) in September 1993. The flight also featured the deployment and retrieval of the SPAS-ORFEUS satellite and its IMAX camera, which captured spectacular footage of Discovery in space. A spacewalk was also performed during ...

  9. STS-133 - Wikipedia

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    STS-133 (ISS assembly flight ULF5) [ 6 ] was the 133rd mission in NASA 's Space Shuttle program; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station. It was Discovery 's 39th and final mission. The mission launched on February 24, 2011, and landed on March 9, 2011. The crew consisted of six American ...