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- Space Shuttle program - National Air and Space Museum
The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011 It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA The Space Shuttle, officially known as the Space Transportation System (STS), was the first reusable spacecraft to carry humans into orbit
- 3D Scanning Space Shuttle Discovery
Smithsonian's Digitzation Program Office collect 3D data of Space Shuttle Discovery For the safety of the shuttle, people cannot walk underneath it in the gallery The public can experience the magnificent object by walking around it from the ground level or up on surrounding walkways in its hangar at the Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center
- Space Shuttle Discovery | National Air and Space Museum
The space shuttle Discovery is the centerpiece of the James S McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center | National Air and Space Museum
The Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center displays thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including the Space Shuttle Discovery, a Blackbird SR-71, and a Concorde, in two large hangars Hours 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
- John Glenns Return to Space on Discovery
Glenn had the distinction of being the only original astronaut (from the Mercury 7 group selected in 1959) to fly on the Space Shuttle That mission was Discovery’s 25 th flight, itself a milestone of longevity With one flight in 1962 and another in 1998, John Glenn uniquely bridged two eras in space history and left his mark in each
- Space Shuttle Discovery | National Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle orbiter, delta-winged spaceplane design, covered with white thermal protection blankets and black thermal protection tiles; marked Discovery on both sides of forward fuselage Created: June 24, 2013
- Making History Aboard Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa uses a 70mm handheld camera to record an ocean scene during the ATLAS 2 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, 1993 Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center It was a turning point for Ochoa, whose groundbreaking career would send her on four separate space missions and eventually to the helm of NASA’s Johnson Space
- 5 Unusual Facts About Space Shuttle Discovery
On August 30, 1984, Space Shuttle Discovery took off on its first mission—beginning its nearly 30 years of space exploration When Discovery retired in 2011, it was NASA’s oldest and most accomplished orbiter It flew nearly 150 million miles and spent 365 days in space, flying just about every type of mission during the shuttle era
- Space Shuttle Discovery | National Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle Discovery Group photo of staff and contract workers from the National Air and Space Museum and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), taken in front of the Space Shuttle "Discovery" in the James S McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center, April 23, 2012
- Being Discovery ’s Curator - National Air and Space Museum
A few short months before the COVID-19 pandemic began, I took over responsibility for one of the Smithsonian’s top five most iconic artifacts—Space Shuttle Discovery (the other four, to me, being those lovable pandas at the Zoo, Dorothy’s sparkling slippers at American History, a huge blue diamond, and maybe that aircraft the brothers from Ohio made)
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