OV-103 - Discovery
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Kelbylew
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016
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Florida, United States
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Discovery spent just over a year in orbit, and travelled 148,221,675 miles in the process. The only mission for this tag is to travel as far as possible, however 150 million miles might be a bit ambitious :)
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date.
Discovery became the third operational orbiter to enter service, preceded by Columbia and Challenger. It embarked on its last mission, STS-133, on February 24, 2011 and touched down for the final time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9, having spent a cumulative total of almost a full year in space. Discovery performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions. It also carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by Endeavour and then Atlantis.
We picked the medallion coin up at the Udvar Hazey Centre in Washington when visiting, and saw the Shuttle for real. Its an amazing museum and if you have even a passing interest in anything in aviation then its well worth a visit.
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