Space Shuttle Discovery
American Space Shuttle orbiter
8 dated entries naming Space Shuttle Discovery, drawn from 7 separate years between 1984 CE and 1999 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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20th century
- 1984August 30 – STS-41-D: the Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.source
- 1984September 5 – STS-41-D: the Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage at Edwards Air Force Base in California.source
- 1985June 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.source
- 1988September 29 – STS-26: NASA resumes Space Shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster, with Space Shuttle Discovery.source
- 1990April 24 – STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.source
- 1991April 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.source
- 1997February 13 – STS-82: Tune-up and repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope is started by astronauts from the Space Shuttle Discovery.source
- 1999May 27 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.source