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Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle program of NASA, the space agency of the United States, and was operational from its maiden flight, STS-41-D on August 30, 1984, until its final landing during STS-133 on March 9, 2011. Discovery has flown more than any other spacecraft having completed 39 successful missions in over 27 years of service.
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– Discovery's final launch has been delayed at least 24 hours due to issues with the engine controller in a backup system on the space shuttle. Mission managers made the decision that extra time is needed to address the glitch and analyze data, preventing an on-time launch tomorrow afternoon (Nov. 3).The next attempt to launch will come no earlier than Thursday (Nov. 4) at 3:29 p.m. (1929 GMT).During the shuttle's main engine checkouts today, the backup controller for Discovery's Main Engine No. 3 did not turn on as expected, NASA officials said in a statement. Voltage irregularities were observed, and engineering teams subsequently began investigating the problem.Earlier today, shuttle engineers had also noticed a separate problem with the same backup computer system, but those issues were said to have been fixed. [GRAPHIC: NASA's Space Shuttle – From Top to Bottom]The shuttle's STS-133 mission management team met at 5 p.m. (2100 GMT) today, and decided to push th...Space shuttle Discovery rolled out from its hangar for the last time early Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, beginning the first leg of its final m...
Space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station for the final time at 2:14 p.m. EST Saturday, where it will make a last delivery to the orbiting ...
Space shuttle Discovery buzzed metropolitan Washington, D.C., Tuesday morning, soaring over the Washington Monument, the White House and the Capitol before landing t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- Space shuttle Discovery successfully docked at the International Space Station early Wednesday, its astronauts overcoming a rare antenna b...
Space shuttle Discovery is set to make one last trip to the launch pad late Monday to gear up for its final mission, as NASA moves closer to retiring its orbiter fle...
Space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Saturday morning, 10 days after arriving to deliver more than seven tons of supplies and ...
NASA has delayed the launch of space shuttle Discovery's final flight yet again in order to allow more time repair the spacecraft's beleaguered fuel tank, the space ...
NASA's space shuttle Discovery is all patched up for its planned final launch into space next week, NASA officials said Monday.Engineers have completed work to plug ...
NASA's most traveled space shuttle, Discovery, was fueled Thursday for its final voyage after nearly three decades of service.NASA finished pumping hundreds of thous...
After a four-month grounding of the space shuttle fleet, NASA's countdown clocks started ticking again Monday for Discovery's final ride into orbit.Discovery is sche...
An astronaut who crashed his bicycle last weekend won't be taking part in space shuttle Discovery's final voyage next month.Astronaut Timothy Kopra suffered unspecif...
After an hours-long meeting at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA's top officials unanimously cleared the space shuttle Discovery for its final launch next Th...
Space shuttle Discovery has new seals and is no longer leaking. It also has an official launch date.NASA's senior managers met Monday and set Discovery's last liftof...
A leak of flammable liquid hydrogen cropped up during fueling for Friday's planned liftoff of space shuttle Discovery . NASA initially delayed the launch until at le...
After 15 years of preparation, the first human-like robot designed for use in space is ready for launch. The robot helper, called Robonaut 2 , is packed in a box-wit...
NASA's space shuttle Discovery may be hanging up its wings after one last mission, but it will leave a long legacy of performance in orbit that will be a challenge f...
The space shuttle Discovery will make its last journey to its seaside launch pad in Florida tonight (Jan. 31) to once again prepare to fly its final mission before b...
NASA technicians have begun filling the space shuttle Discovery's enormous external fuel tank in preparation for her final launch later today.The roughly three-hour ...
Six veteran astronauts are suiting up to fly the space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station February 24 on the final voyage of the orbiter's long and...
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