{"slug": "space-shuttle-discovery", "label": "Space Shuttle Discovery", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54384", "qid": "Q54384", "description": "American Space Shuttle orbiter", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1984, 1999], "span_label": ["1984 CE", "1999 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 8}], "related": [{"slug": "space-shuttle", "label": "Space Shuttle", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hubble-space-telescope", "label": "Hubble Space Telescope", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "california", "label": "California", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nasa", "label": "NASA", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "space-shuttle-challenger", "label": "Space Shuttle Challenger", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "international-space-station", "label": "International Space Station", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "space-shuttle-atlantis", "label": "Space Shuttle Atlantis", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "space-shuttle-columbia", "label": "Space Shuttle Columbia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "August 30", "text": "August 30 – STS-41-D: the Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#August", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 – STS-41-D: the Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage at Edwards Air Force Base in California.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#September", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – STS-51-G: Space Shuttle Discovery completes its mission, best remembered for having Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369963057#June", "title": "1985", "revid": 1369963057, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – STS-26: NASA resumes Space Shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster, with Space Shuttle Discovery.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532411#September", "title": "1988", "revid": 1373532411, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#April", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 – Space Shuttle Atlantis leaves an observatory in Earth's orbit to study gamma rays before returning on April 11. It is followed by Space Shuttle Discovery, which studies instruments related to the Strategic Defense Initiative from April 29 to May 6. Space Shuttle Columbia carries the Spacelab into orbit on June 5.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#April", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "February 13", "text": "February 13 – STS-82: Tune-up and repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope is started by astronauts from the Space Shuttle Discovery.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#February", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#May", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › May"}}]}