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The space shuttle Discovery's bittersweet final flight over D.C.
Discovery first flew in August 1984, completed 39 trips into space, and remains NASA's oldest surviving shuttle. Most famously, it delivered the Hubble telescope into space and returned Mercury ...
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The most memorable space shuttle missions
It would take two years of investigations and modifications before a NASA space shuttle flew into space again. Discovery returned NASA to space on Sept. 29, 1988, with the STS-26 mission.
Space shuttle Discovery successfully launches Sunday in dusk light show
Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new ...
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STS-63, First Shuttle And Mir Rendezvous Mission
The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space ...
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Today In Black History: Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. Becomes The First African American To Walk In Space 30 Years Ago
On this day in 1995, Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. made history, stepping into the vastness of space and becoming the first African ...
Honoring a Space Pioneer: 30 Years Since Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr.'s Historic Spacewalk
National Math and Science Initiative proudly celebrates the 30th anniversary of former CEO Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr.'s ...
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40 years ago, classified Shuttle mission foreshadowed Challenger's fatal flaw
O-ring erosion on Discovery would have disastrous effects a year later It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first ...
Challenger space shuttle explosion: Remembering disaster 39 years later
It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, exploding in mere minutes.