Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Space Shuttle @ YouTube


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 flightSTS-41-D
August 30, 1984 – September 5, 1984
Last flightSTS-133
February 24, 2011 – March 9, 2011
Number of missions39
Crews252[2]
Time spent in space365 days, 22 hours, 39 minutes, 29 seconds
Distance travelled148,221,675 mi (238,539,663 km)[3]
Satellites deployed31 (including Hubble Space Telescope)
Mir dockings1[3]
ISS dockings13[3]

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