• Thumbnail for Space Shuttle Discovery
    Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from...
    46 KB (2,343 words) - 16:46, 12 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle Enterprise
    Space Shuttle Enterprise (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first orbiter of the Space Shuttle system. Rolled out on September 17, 1976, it...
    48 KB (4,010 words) - 16:11, 4 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle orbiter
    part of the Space Shuttle stack. Columbia was the first space-worthy orbiter; it made its inaugural flight in 1981. Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis...
    57 KB (5,877 words) - 05:18, 13 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle
    The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and...
    110 KB (12,191 words) - 08:22, 6 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle retirement
    retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery was the first of the three active Space Shuttles to be retired, completing...
    70 KB (7,506 words) - 22:07, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
    On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts...
    110 KB (10,774 words) - 00:29, 6 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for List of Space Shuttle missions
    The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its...
    133 KB (4,674 words) - 18:22, 24 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle Endeavour
    the Space Shuttle Enterprise, and used structural spares built during the construction of Discovery and Atlantis in its assembly. The space shuttle will...
    61 KB (4,634 words) - 03:53, 29 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle program
    The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which...
    62 KB (8,073 words) - 14:26, 3 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle Atlantis
    Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle designation: OV‑104) is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space...
    59 KB (4,058 words) - 06:18, 5 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Assembly of the International Space Station
    module, was launched by a Proton rocket on 20 November 1998. The STS-88 Space Shuttle mission followed two weeks after Zarya was launched, bringing Unity...
    40 KB (2,690 words) - 23:54, 18 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle thermal protection system
    The Space Shuttle thermal protection system (TPS) is the barrier that protected the Space Shuttle Orbiter during the extreme 1,650 °C (3,000 °F) heat...
    33 KB (4,120 words) - 14:05, 3 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for STS-133
    in NASA's Space Shuttle program; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station. It was Discovery's 39th and final...
    75 KB (7,860 words) - 06:36, 24 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle Challenger
    than Discovery. During its three years of operation, Challenger was flown on ten missions in the Space Shuttle program, spending over 62 days in space and...
    29 KB (2,232 words) - 06:00, 19 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle Columbia
    Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the first American...
    54 KB (4,684 words) - 21:04, 3 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for STS-114
    STS-114 (category Space Shuttle missions)
    STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC) on...
    39 KB (3,524 words) - 05:11, 24 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for STS-119
    STS-119 (redirect from Discovery Bat)
    a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It was Discovery's 36th...
    55 KB (3,956 words) - 05:42, 24 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
    On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated...
    118 KB (11,719 words) - 21:44, 9 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for STS-128
    STS-128 (category Space Shuttle missions)
    17A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on August 28, 2009. Space Shuttle Discovery carried the Multi-Purpose...
    46 KB (4,081 words) - 12:32, 8 October 2024
  • F2 became the first into orbit on August 30, 1984 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on shuttle mission STS-41-D. F2 was largely successful, but its wideband...
    22 KB (2,187 words) - 01:10, 9 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shuttle–Mir program
    The Shuttle–Mir program (Russian: Программа «Мир»–«Шаттл») was a collaborative space program between Russia and the United States that involved American...
    71 KB (6,938 words) - 16:08, 20 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for STS-31
    STS-31 (category Space Shuttle missions)
    Space Shuttle program and the tenth flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The primary purpose of this mission was the deployment of the Hubble Space...
    18 KB (1,496 words) - 14:59, 9 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for STS-124
    STS-124 (category Space Shuttle missions)
    STS-124 was the 35th mission of Space Shuttle Discovery. She went to the International Space Station on this mission. Discovery launched on May 31, 2008, at...
    44 KB (3,106 words) - 23:10, 18 October 2024
  • Hubble Space Telescope's anniversaries. They celebrate its "birthday" when it was launched into orbit on April 24, 1990, by the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery...
    10 KB (549 words) - 23:00, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for STS-131
    STS-131 (category Space Shuttle missions)
    assembly flight 19A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Space Shuttle Discovery launched on April 5, 2010, at 6:21 am...
    58 KB (4,751 words) - 15:36, 19 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
    The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) was the first solid-propellant rocket to be used for primary propulsion on a vehicle used for human spaceflight...
    63 KB (7,990 words) - 19:53, 7 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for STS-33
    STS-33 (category Space Shuttle missions)
    STS-33 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission and the 9th flight of Discovery, during which Space Shuttle Discovery deployed a payload for the United States...
    12 KB (996 words) - 18:32, 28 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for STS-63
    STS-63 (category Space Shuttle missions)
    US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program and the 20th flight of Discovery, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station...
    14 KB (1,515 words) - 11:23, 5 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Space Shuttle external tank
    The Space Shuttle external tank (ET) was the component of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle that contained the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer...
    45 KB (5,412 words) - 00:50, 15 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Expedition 2
    Expedition 2 (category Expeditions to the International Space Station)
    brought to the station aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during mission STS-102. The Expedition's increment began when Discovery docked on 10 March 2001, bringing...
    20 KB (1,786 words) - 03:26, 2 September 2024