Space Shuttle Discovery Makes Final Flight … On A Jumbo Jet!
We made an early start today to watch as space shuttle Discovery, NASA’s fleet leader and the world’s most flown spacecraft, lifted off for the last time to be delivered to the Smithsonian for its permanent display. Discovery took off riding piggyback on a NASA Shuttle Carrier aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, from Kennedy Space […]
Welcome home Discovery! The oldest of NASA’s surviving shuttles, Discovery is home and has racked up nearly 150 million miles as it ended it’s final journey today. It has accumulated more than 39 missions in nearly 27 years and spent 365 days total in space. It flew to the International Space Station 13 times and […]
Continue reading …Discovery Heads Home…For The Final Time!
March 8, 2011 Comments Off on Discovery Heads Home…For The Final Time!Sad to say but Space Shuttle Discovery is almost at the end of its nearly 27-year flying career. It’s scheduled to return to Earth just before noon tomorrow for the final time and just a day away from landing, Discovery’s astronauts received the first-ever live wake-up music in the history of the shuttle program this […]
Continue reading …Discovery Launch Footage from Kennedy Space Center
February 26, 2011 Comments Off on Discovery Launch Footage from Kennedy Space CenterHere’s some video our team took live from Kennedy Space Center a couple of days ago of the final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery.
Continue reading …It was almost four months late but Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off under clear blue skies this afternoon on its final mission to the International Space Station before it is retired next month. The 27-year-old orbiter, with a crew of six astronauts, roared from the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center at 4:53 p.m. as tens […]
Continue reading …Shuttle Discovery launches successfully
April 5, 2010 Comments Off on Shuttle Discovery launches successfullySpace shuttle Discovery with its crew of seven astronauts roared into orbit this morning. It was a wonderful site to see it arcing over the horizon just before sunrise as it started its journey to the International Space Station. There are now just three launches left as the agency races to stock the space station […]
Continue reading …Space Shuttle Discovery Comes Home Safely
March 28, 2009 Comments Off on Space Shuttle Discovery Comes Home SafelySpace Shuttle Discovery certainly made itself known as it flew through clouds to land safely at Cape Canaveral this afternoon. There I was watching on TV from the comfort of my hammock and although I was expecting the sonic boom, it certainly startled me a little as it was one of the loudest I’ve heard […]
Continue reading …Last night was yet again one of those occassions where it’s great to be alive and living in Florida. We got to see a terrific launch as Space Shuttle Discovery set off to the International Space Station. This time Discovery had on board the final set of solar arrays which are needed to complete the […]
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