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Space Shuttle "Discovery" Rockwell International - OV-103

 

@ History of Orbiter Vehicle Designation:

• 29.JAN.1979 : Contract award to Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division in Downey CA USA

& the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built

• 27.AUG.1979 : Start fabrication - Palmdale CA

• 16.OCT.1983 : Rollout from Palmdale

• 09.NOV.1983 : Delivery to Kennedy Space Center ( KSC ) FL & "Discovery" became the third operational orbiter to enter service preceded by "Columbia" and "Challenger"

• 30.AUG.1984 : First Flight ( STS-41-D )

• 08.NOV.1984 : Mission STS-51-A ( 7 days )

• 24.JAN.1985 : Mission STS-51-C ( 3 days )

• 12.APR.1985 : Mission STS-51-D ( 6 days )

• 17.JUN.1985 : Mission STS-51-G ( 7 days ) first Saudi Arabian Man in space

• 27.AUG.1985 : Mission STS-51-I ( 7 days )

• 29.SEP.1988 : Mission STS-26 ( 4 days ) Return to flight after Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

• 13.MAR.1989 : Mission STS-29 ( 4 days )

• 22.NOV.1989 : Mission STS-33 ( 5 days )

• 24.APR.1990 : Mission STS-31 ( 5 days ) Launch of Hubble Space Telescope

• 06.OCT.1990 : Mission STS-41 ( 4 days ) Launch of Ulysses

• 12.APR.1991 : Mission STS-39 ( 8 days ) Launched DOD Air Force Program

• 12.SEP.1991 : Mission STS-48 ( 5 days )

• 22.JAN.1992 : Mission STS-42 ( 8 days )

• 02.DEC.1992 : Mission STS-53 ( 7 days )

• 08.APR.1993 : Mission STS-56 ( 9 days )

• 12.SEP.1993 : Mission STS-51 ( 9 days )

• 03.FEB.1994 : Mission STS-60 ( 8 days ) First Shuttle-Mir mission

• 09.SEP.1994 : Mission STS-64 ( 10 days )

• 03.FEB.1995 : Mission STS-63 ( 8 days ) Rendezvous with Mir space station

• 13.JUL.1995 : Mission STS-70 ( 8 days )

• 11.FEB.1997 : Mission STS-82 ( 9 days ) Servicing Hubble Space Telescope

• 07.AUG.1997 : MissionSTS-85 ( 11 days )

• 02.JUN.1998 : Mission STS-91 ( 9 days )

• 29.OCT.1998 : Mission STS-95 ( 8 days ) second flight of John Glenn and first Spaniard in space

• 27.MAY.1999 : Mission STS-96 ( 9 days ) Resupply mission for the International Space Station

• 19.DEC.1999 : Mission STS-103 ( 7 days )

• 11.OCT.2000 : Mission STS-92 ( 12 days ) 100th Shuttle mission

• 08.MAR.2001 : Mission STS-102 ( 12 days )

• 10.AUG.2001 : Mission STS-105 ( 11 days )

• 26.JUL.2005 : Mission STS-114 ( 13 days ) Return To Flight mission since Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

• 04.JUL.2006 : Mission STS-121 ( 12 days ) International Space Station ( ISS ) supplies delivery

• 09.DEC.2006 : Mission STS-116 ( 12 days ) Last flight to launch on pad 39-B

• 23.OCT.2007 : Mission STS-120 ( 15 days )

• 31.MAY.2008 : Mission STS-124 ( 13 days )

• 15.MAR.2009 : Mission STS-119 ( 12 days )

• 28.AUG.2009 : Mission STS-128 ( 13 days )

• 05.APR.2010 : Mission STS-131 ( 15 days )

• 24.FEB.2011 : Final Mission STS-133 ( 12 days ) The latest launched at 4:53 pm EST

• 09.MAR.2011 : "Discovery" was decommissioned

≠ Retired after 39 missions with Crew members : 252

≠ Time spent in space : 1 year (365 days) 22 hours 39 minutes 33 seconds

≠ Distance travelled : 148,221,675 miles or 238,539,663 km

≠ Satellites deployed : 31 ( including Hubble Space Telescope )

• 17.APR.2012 : On display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Musuem in Chantilly VA USA

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