Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by endeavour and then atlantis. Discovery was the third space shuttle orbiter to fly in space The smithsonian institution says nasa relinquished full ownership of space shuttle discovery, but congress wants to force the vehicle's relocation. Discovery was ready to go back into the weightless expanse—the first space shuttle mission since the challenger disaster nearly three years earlier Would there be a repeat of that terrible. What is the space shuttle discovery
Flying more missions than any other shuttle, discovery carried out every type of mission nasa had to offer, spending a total of 365 days in space, and checking off many firsts in spaceflight.
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