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Manufacturer: Rockwell International
Operator, NASA
Type: Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103)
Comment: Third of five fully operational orbiters to be built for NASA's Space. Now in display at the Udvar Hazy Center, National Air & Space Museum, Chantilly, VA.
Photo taken by my son William J Jardim.
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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
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built.
Over 27 years of service it gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft. First Mission: STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Last mission: STS-133, launched on February 24, 2011 and touched down for the final time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9, 2011
Reg: OV-103 photos
Aircraft: Rockwell Space Shuttle Orbiter
Airline: United States - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Titusville Shuttle Landing Facility - KTTS
USA - Florida Oct 23, 2007
Heading for Washigton to be displayed at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, this was the final piggy back ride for Discovery atop of Nasa's modified B747.
This week in 2011, space shuttle Discovery lifted-off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for its 39th and final mission. Discovery and its six-member crew delivered the Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics Module -- packed with supplies, critical spare parts and Robonaut 2 -- to the International Space Station. The first shuttle mission launched in April 1981, and for the next 30 years the program’s five spacecraft carried people into orbit repeatedly, launched, recovered and repaired satellites, conducted cutting-edge research and built the largest structure in space, the space station.
Today, Marshall's Payload Operations Integration Center serves as "science central" for the space station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's scientific experiments.
For more fun throwbacks, check out Marshall's History Album by clicking here.
United States Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built.[4] Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date.[5]
Discovery became the third operational orbiter to enter service, preceded by Columbia and Challenger.[6] It embarked on its last mission, STS-133, on February 24, 2011 and touched down for the final time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9,[7] having spent a cumulative total of almost a full year in space. Discovery performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions. It also carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by Endeavour and then Atlantis.
Space Shuttle Discovery is now on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia.
N955NA 1969 Northrop T-38A C/N 69-7082
N905NA 1970 Boeing 747-123 C/N 20107
OV-103 Space Shuttle Discovery
Washington - Dulles International (IAD)
“Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may God's love be with you.”
Space Oddity | David Bowie
The three main engines of the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery (OV-103). National Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center. Virginia
Developed in the 1970s by the Marshall Space Flight Center, the space shuttle main engine was the world's most sophisticated reusable rocket engine. After the solid rocket boosters were jettisoned, the main engines provided thrust which accelerated the shuttle from 3,000 mph to more than 17,000 mph in order to reach low earth orbit. The engines operated for 8 minutes and 40 seconds for each shuttle flight, with a combined output of 37 million horsepower, and a combined maximum thrust of more than 1.2 million pounds.
Merritt Island, Florida, USA.
Retired space shuttle OV-103 sits atop Shuttle Carrier N905NA for one last ride to the National Air and Space Museum outside Washington, DC.
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STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rises into a cloudy sky and heads for Earth orbit atop the external tank (ET) as exhaust plumes billow from the two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) during liftoff from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) pad 39B. STS-26 marks OV-103's first flight since September 1985 and NASA's first manned mission since 51L Challenger accident, on January 28, 1986.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s26-s-050
Date: September 29, 1988
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle program of NASA, the space agency of the United States,[4] and was operational from its maiden flight, STS-41-D on August 30, 1984, until its final landing during STS-133 on March 9, 2011. Discovery has flown more than any other spacecraft having completed 39 successful missions in over 27 years of service. ~ Wiki
A few minutes to kill this morning in Virginia gave me the opportunity to visit the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum attached to Dulles Airport.
Based on information I gleaned while posting the linked photo, this is OV-103 some time between November 6 & 8, 1983, while at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). Discovery arrived there November 6 from Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) and departed November 8, 1983, enroute to Carswell Air Force Base as part of her delivery to KSC on November 9, 1983.
In this well-composed & rare photo, the Orbiter/Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) combination is seen at the Orbiter Lifting Fixture (OLF), a scaled-down version of the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) used at EAFB. At the time, NASA and the Department of Defense planned to fly space shuttles, with Discovery as the designated orbiter, from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex-6 (SLC-6) on military polar orbital missions, beginning with STS-62A in 1986.
www.nasa.gov/history/40-years-ago-space-shuttle-discovery...
Note the white color of the SCA, with a single blue stripe. The original American Airlines livery was repainted to this before flying to the May 1983 Paris Air Show.
I think that’s the red Ingersoll-Rand logo on the side of the pushback tractor.
Lastly, the kinda softish Airman in the lower left foreground, possibly on a walkie-talkie. I hope he wasn’t providing physical security.
Additional pertinent reading:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/001520.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
Although it’s incorrectly identified, some excellent photographs of the OLF…and OV-102:
www.mach25media.com/shuttle3.html
Credit: Mach 25 Media website
STS-41 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39 mobile launcher platform at 7:47 am (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). OV-103 riding atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), is captured just moments after liftoff. Not yet clear of the fixed service structure (FSS) tower, OV-103 is highlighted against the cloudless morning sky. Exhaust smoke billows from the SRBs and the space shuttle main engines (SSMEs) creating a cloud over the launch pad area.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s41-s-100
Date: October 6, 1990
Space Shuttle Discovery sits in the Space Hanger of the Air & Space Museum in Chantilly Virginia. Previously, the original Shuttle Enterprise sat in this spot, but after Discovery's retirement in 2011, it was decided to display Discovery here, and to move the Enterprise to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City in 2012. I've seen both shuttles in this spot, and I must say, seeing Discovery takes the cake, since it's easily recognized that this shuttle flew to space many times. There are marks, scorches, and wear and tear visible on Discovery that came after 39 flights to and from space. If you've not been to this museum, you need to make time and make it happen!
STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A at 8:24:00 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). An exhaust cloud frames OV-103, atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), as it rises above the mobile launcher platform.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts053-s-056
Date: December 2, 1992
Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery has earned a place of honor in the collection of national treasures preserved by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Space Shuttle Discovery flew for the last time today piggy-backed on NASA 905. The shuttle flew a short trip to Virginia to be displayed at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The shuttle and the shuttle carrier aircraft are seen here making a final low pass over the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at the Kennedy Space Center before departing. Discovery's final launch, STS-133, can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/16109548@N00/5475694212/
Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery has earned a place of honor in the collection of national treasures preserved by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built.[4] Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. Like other shuttles, the shuttle has three main components: the Space Shuttle orbiter, a central fuel tank, and two rocket boosters. Nearly 25,000 heat-resistant tiles cover the orbiter to protect it from high temperatures on re-entry.[5]
Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery has earned a place of honor in the collection of national treasures preserved by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built.[4] Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date.[5]
Discovery became the third operational orbiter to enter service, preceded by Columbia and Challenger.[6] It embarked on its last mission, STS-133, on February 24, 2011 and touched down for the final time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9,[7] having spent a cumulative total of almost a full year in space. Discovery performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions. It also carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by Endeavour and then Atlantis.
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Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery OV-103 on top of Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier N905NA overflying Gravelly Point at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport DCA/KDCA on April 17th, 2012.
Space Shuttle Discovery.
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, also called the Udvar-Hazy Center, is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It holds numerous exhibits, including the Space Shuttle Discovery and the Enola Gay.
Space Shuttle Discovery displayed at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle program of NASA, the space agency of the United States,[4] and was operational from its maiden flight, STS-41-D on August 30, 1984, until its final landing during STS-133 on March 9, 2011. Discovery has flown more than any other spacecraft having completed 39 successful missions in over 27 years of service. (Wikipedia)
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Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle OV-103), on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
Chantilly, Virginia
Tuesday morning 31 May 2022
Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery has earned a place of honor in the collection of national treasures preserved by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Merritt Island, Florida, USA.
Retired space shuttle OV-103 sits atop Shuttle Carrier N905NA for one last ride to the National Air and Space Museum outside Washington, DC.
✈ 🇺🇸 #NASA #SpaceShuttle #OV-103 #Discovery #Rockwell.International #USAF #Display #Museum #Steven.F.Udvar-Hazy #Smithsonian.Institution's #National.Air.and.Space.Museum #WashingtonDC #AWP #CHR-2014
@ NASA (United States Air Force ) 🇺🇸
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
Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery has earned a place of honor in the collection of national treasures preserved by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built.[4] Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date.[5]
Discovery became the third operational orbiter to enter service, preceded by Columbia and Challenger.[6] It embarked on its last mission, STS-133, on February 24, 2011 and touched down for the final time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9,[7] having spent a cumulative total of almost a full year in space. Discovery performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions. It also carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by Endeavour and then Atlantis.
This is a close-up view of the forward port-side reaction control system (RCS) on the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Each RCS (two forward and two aft) consists of high-pressure gaseous helium storage tanks, pressure regulation and relief systems, a fuel and oxidiser tank, a system that distributes propellant to its engines, and thermal control systems (electrical heaters). They provide the thrust for attitude (rotational) manoeuvres (pitch, yaw and roll) and for small velocity changes along the orbiter axis (translation manoeuvres).
Around them you can see some of the multitude of individually-labelled differently sized and shaped tiles giving the Shuttle its thermal protection, so necessary for successful re-entries into the atmosphere.
I was lucky enough to turn up (by accident) at the Udvar-Hazy Center on the day that Discovery was first unveiled to the public.
Official portrait of STS-42 Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar wearing orange Launch and Entry Suit (LES) with the Canadian flag displayed in the background. Bondar represented Canada on the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. Bondar became the first Canadian woman to fly in space when STS-42 launched on January 22, 1992.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S91-51633
Date: October 28, 1991
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft.
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Chantilly, VA