Space Shuttle Discovery

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NASA space shuttle Space Shuttle orbiter spacecraft

Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired NASA orbiter best known for launching the Hubble Space Telescope and conducting numerous key missions in the Space Shuttle program.

Aliases (1)

External Tank ×1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA space shuttle → Space Shuttle orbiter → spacecraft →
auxiliaryPropulsion	two Solid Rocket Boosters →
basedAt	Kennedy Space Center →
carriedAstronaut	John Glenn →
carriedModule	Destiny laboratory logistics and components → Harmony module → Kibo Japanese Experiment Module components →
countryOfOperator	United States →
crewCapacity	7 →
currentLocation	Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum → Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center →
displayOpenedToPublic	2012-04-19 →
firstFlight	STS-41-D →
firstFlightDate	1984-08-30 →
firstFlightLaunchSite	Kennedy Space Center LC-39A →
firstLaunchYear	1984 →
followedBy	Space Shuttle Atlantis → Space Shuttle Endeavour →
height	17.25 meters →
lastFlight	STS-133 →
lastFlightDate	2011-02-24 →
lastFlightLandingSite	Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility →
lastLaunchYear	2011 →
launchedPayload	Hubble Space Telescope →
launchedPayloadOnMission	Hubble Space Telescope on STS-31 →
launchMass	~2030000 kilograms →
launchSite	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A → Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B →
length	37.24 meters →
manufacturer	Rockwell International → Rockwell International Space Transportation Systems Division →
missionCarryingJohnGlenn	STS-95 →
namedAfter	RRS Discovery → ship Discovery used by James Cook →
notableFor	conducting NASA return-to-flight missions after Challenger and Columbia accidents → flying the oldest person in space at the time, John Glenn → launching the Hubble Space Telescope →
notableMission	STS-114 → STS-120 → STS-133 → STS-26 → STS-31 → STS-51-L preparation and follow-on return-to-flight → STS-95 →
numberOfFlights	39 →
operator	NASA →
orbiterDesignation	OV-103 →
orbiterDryMass	~78000 kilograms →
orbiterSequenceNumber	third operational orbiter →
payloadToLEO	up to 27500 kilograms →
precededBy	Space Shuttle Challenger → Space Shuttle Columbia →
program	Space Shuttle program →
propulsion	three Space Shuttle Main Engines →
retirementDate	2011-03-09 →
returnToFlightMission	STS-114 → STS-26 →
role	orbital spacecraft → spaceplane →
spaceAgency	NASA →
status	retired →
supportedProgram	International Space Station assembly →
thermalProtectionSystem	silica tiles and reinforced carbon-carbon →
totalDistanceTraveled	238000000 kilometers →
totalOrbitsOfEarth	5830 →
totalTimeInSpace	365 days →
type	reusable crewed spacecraft →
visitedDestination	International Space Station → Mir space station →
wingspan	23.79 meters →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Faint Object Camera → Faint Object Spectrograph → Hubble Space Telescope → STS-114 → STS-26 → STS-42 → STS-82 → Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph →	launchVehicle
STS-103 → STS-114 → STS-26 → STS-31 → STS-42 → STS-82 →	spacecraft
Canadarm → Space Shuttle Main Engines →	usedOnVehicle
Rockwell International →	built
NASA Space Shuttle program ("External Tank") →	component
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center →	housesArtifact
STS-103 →	missionPatchFeature
Space Transportation System →	notableOrbiter
Rick D. Husband →	spacecraftFlown
Roberta Bondar →	spaceShuttle
Shannon Lucid →	spaceShuttleFlight
Judith Resnik →	spaceShuttleFlownOn
STS-31 →	usedLaunchVehicle
Space Shuttle ISS assembly flights →	usedSpacecraft