Space Shuttle Discovery

In 39 voyages to space discovery crews launched the hubble space telescope.
Space shuttle discovery. Its first mission sts 41 d flew from august 30 to september 5 1984. Ov 103 is one of the orbiters from nasa s space shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Discovery ov 103 the third of nasa s fleet of reusable winged spaceships arrived at kennedy space center in november 1983. Discovery also was the shuttle that did both return to flight missions after the challenger and columbia disasters.
After checkout and processing it was launched on aug. It carried aloft three communications satellites for deployment by its astronaut crew. The longest serving orbiter discovery flew 39 times from 1984 through 2011 more missions than any of its sister ships spending altogether 365 days in space. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date.
Discovery ov 103 discovery ov 103 was nasa s third space shuttle orbiter to join the fleet arriving for the first time at the kennedy space center in florida in november 1983. 30 1984 for its first mission 41 d to deploy three communications satellites.