Discovery (OV-103)

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Discovery (OV-103) was a NASA Space Shuttle orbiter that flew numerous key missions including the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope and the return to flight after both the Challenger and Columbia disasters.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
OV-103 Discovery 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle orbiter
carriedAstronaut John Glenn NERFINISHED
contractor Rockwell International NERFINISHED
countryOfOperator United States of America
surface form: United States
crewCapacity 7
deployed Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED
deployedOnMission STS-31 NERFINISHED
displayCity Chantilly, Virginia NERFINISHED
displayLocation Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center NERFINISHED
displayMuseum Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum NERFINISHED
finalMission STS-133 NERFINISHED
firstFlight STS-41-D NERFINISHED
firstFlightDate 1984-08-30
firstFlightLaunchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A NERFINISHED
joinedFleet 1984
lastFlight STS-133 NERFINISHED
lastFlightLandingDate 2011-03-09
lastFlightLandingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED
lastFlightLaunchDate 2011-02-24
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED
maidenFlightMission STS-41-D NERFINISHED
manufacturer Rockwell International NERFINISHED
missionWithJohnGlenn STS-95 NERFINISHED
namedAfter ship Discovery used by James Cook
notableMission STS-114 NERFINISHED
STS-133 NERFINISHED
STS-26 NERFINISHED
STS-31 NERFINISHED
STS-95 NERFINISHED
numberOfFlights 39
operator NASA
orbiterVehicleDesignation OV-103 NERFINISHED
orbitType low Earth orbit
precededByOrbiter Challenger (OV-099) NERFINISHED
Columbia (OV-102) NERFINISHED
programRole most flown orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet at retirement
propulsionType reusable orbiter with three Space Shuttle Main Engines
retirementDate 2011-03-09
returnToFlightAfter Challenger disaster NERFINISHED
Columbia disaster NERFINISHED
returnToFlightMissionAfterChallenger STS-26 NERFINISHED
returnToFlightMissionAfterColumbia STS-114 NERFINISHED
spaceAgency NASA
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED
status retired
succeededByOrbiter Atlantis (OV-104) NERFINISHED
Endeavour (OV-105) NERFINISHED
totalDistanceTraveled over 238 million kilometers
totalOrbits over 5800
totalTimeInSpace 365 days

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OV-102 successorOrbiter Discovery (OV-103)
STS-51A spacecraft Discovery (OV-103)
this entity surface form: OV-103 Discovery
STS-41 spacecraftBus Discovery (OV-103)
this entity surface form: OV-103 Discovery