NASA commissioned six space shuttles under its Space Shuttle Program fleet:
the Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
Discovery (OV-103)
Discovery (OV-103) was NASA's third space shuttle orbiter to join the fleet, arriving for the first time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in November 1983. The choice of the name "Discovery" carried on a tradition drawn from some historic, Earth-bound exploring ships of the past. After checkout and processing, it was launched on Aug. 30, 1984, for its first mission, 41-D, to deploy three communications satellites.
Discovery has completed more than 30 successful missions, surpassing the number of flights made by any other orbiter in NASA's fleet. It was retired after completing its final mission, STS-133 on March 9, 2011. The spacecraft is now on display in Virginia at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.
This cache was placed with the intention of being found for the "2022 Discover L&A County Geocaching Mega Event" held on August 20, 2022 at 8am.
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