After three decades of space service, NASA's oldest and most traveled shuttle, Discovery, began its new life as a museum relic with one final takeoff. Discovery departed Florida's Kennedy Space Center at daybreak Tuesday aboard a modified jumbo jet bound for Washington, where it will become a Smithsonian exhibit
First flight | STS-41-D August 30, 1984 – September 5, 1984 |
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Last flight | STS-133 February 24, 2011 – March 9, 2011 |
Number of missions | 39 |
Crews | 252[2] |
Time spent in space | 365 days, 22 hours, 39 minutes, 29 seconds |
Distance travelled | 148,221,675 mi (238,539,663 km)[3] |
Satellites deployed | 31 (including Hubble Space Telescope) |
Mir dockings | 1[3] |
ISS dockings | 13[3] |
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