Shuttle Orbiter Discovery (NASA Designation: OV-103) is a NASA Space Shuttle.
First flown on August 30, 1984, Discovery is the third operational shuttle (excluding test shuttle 'Enterprise'). The orbiter is still operational today, and has performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions.
The craft takes its name from a ship used by explorer James Cook.
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30 total flights
Flights
Date Designation
1984 August 30 STS-41-D
1984 November 8 STS-51-A
1985 January 24 STS-51-C
1985 April 12 STS-51-D
1985 June 17 STS-51-G
1985 August 27 STS-51-I
1985 September 29 STS-26
1988 March 13 STS-29
1989 November 22 STS-33
1990 April 24 STS-31 - launch of Hubble space telescope (HST)
1990 October 6 STS-41 - launch of Ulysses
1991 April 28 STS-39
1991 September 12 STS-48
1992 January 22 STS-42
1992 December 2 STS-53
1993 April 8 STS-56
1993 September 12 STS-51
1994 February 3 STS-60
1994 September 9 STS-64
1995 February 3 STS-63
1995 July 13 STS-70
1997 February 11 STS-82 - servicing HST
1997 August 7 STS-85
1998 June 2 STS-91
1998 October 29 STS-95
1999 May 27 STS-96
1999 December 19 STS-103 - servicing HST
2000 October 11 STS-92
2001 March 8 STS-102
2001 August 10 STS-105
Rollover of the orbiter Discovery, 1998 (NASA)