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Discovery Rocket

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  • Name

    Name
    NASA chose the name Discovery to carry on a tradition based on ships of exploration

  • Weight

    Discovery weighed 6,870 pounds (3,120 kg)

  • First Flight: Failure

    Discovery Rocket was first scheduled to launch on 25 August, 1984, but due to technical issues was rollback to the Vehicle Assembly Building to replace a faulty main engine

  • First Flight: Failure

    NASA again attempted to launch Discovery. There was an abort at T-6 seconds followed by pad fire about ten minutes later.
  • Period: to

    Discovery Rocket Launches

    NASA was able to successfully launch & land Space Shuttle Discovery 39 times.

  • First Flight: 6 days 00 hours 56 min 04 seconds

    First Flight: 6 days 00 hours 56 min 04 seconds
    STS-41-D was the 12th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the first mission of Space Shuttle Discovery.

  • First Flight: Crew

    First Flight: Crew
    Commander: Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr.
    Pilot: Michael L. Coats
    Mission Specialist: Judith A. Resnik
    Mission Specialist: Richard M. Mullane
    Mission Specialist: Steven A. Hawley
    Payload Specialist: Charles D. Walker
    Employee: McDonnell Douglas

  • First Flight: Mission Discription

    Successfully deployed SBS-D for Satellite Business Systems, Telstar 3C for Telesat of Canada, and Syncom IV-2, which all became operational.

  • 19th Flight: 10 days 22 hours 49 mins 57 sec

    19th Flight: 10 days 22 hours 49 mins 57 sec
    STS-64 marked the first flight of Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) and the first untethered U.S. extravehicular activity (EVA) in 10 years.

  • 19th Flight: Crew

    19th Flight: Crew
    Commander: Richard N. Richards
    Pilot: L. Blaine Hammond, Jr.
    Mission Specialist: Jerry M. Linenger
    Mission Specialist: Susan J. Helms
    Mission Specialist: Carl J. Meade
    Mission Specialist: Mark C. Lee

  • 19th Flight: Mission Discription

    To use a type of optical radar using laser pulses instead of radio waves to study Earth's atmosphere.
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    39th Flight: Launch Attempts

    STS-133 was delayed 5 time due to technical difficulties & bad weather.

  • 39th Flight: 12 days 19 hrs 4 mins 50 sec

    39th Flight: 12 days 19 hrs 4 mins 50 sec
    STS-133 was the 133rd mission in NASA's Space Shuttle program. It was Discovery's 39th and final mission, with the orbiter completing a cumulative total of a whole year (365 days) in space.

  • 39th Flight: Crew

    39th Flight: Crew
    Commander: Steven Lindsey
    Pilot: Eric Boe
    Mission Specialist: Nicole Stott
    Mission Specialist: Alvin Drew
    Mission Specialist: Michael Barratt
    Mission Specialist: Stephen Bowen

  • 39th Flight: Mission Discription

    The mission was to was carrying the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) Leonardo, the ELC-4 and Robonaut 2 to the ISS.

  • Today

    Today
    Space Shuttle Discovery on display in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA on April 20, 2012. Discovery was installed on April 19, 2012.