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Discovery : Champion of the Space Shuttle Era

Discovery : Champion of the Space Shuttle Era. Jennifer Levasseur Museum Specialist Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Discovery Comes to Washington. And to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Celebration – April 2012. Shuttle Exchange. Why Discovery ?. Discovery

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Discovery : Champion of the Space Shuttle Era

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  1. Discovery: Champion of the Space Shuttle Era Jennifer Levasseur Museum Specialist Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

  2. DiscoveryComes to Washington

  3. And to the SmithsonianNational Air and Space Museum

  4. Celebration – April 2012

  5. Shuttle Exchange

  6. WhyDiscovery?

  7. Discovery 39missions commercial defense dept. scientific planetary Hubble Mir ISS 365 days in space 1.5 million miles 184 individuals 251 crewmates

  8. Discovery : Champion of the Shuttle Fleet 1984 First mission 1988 Return-to-Flight vehicle after Challenger tragedy 1990 Delivered Hubble Space Telescope into orbit 1997 Hubble servicing mission 1998 Final shuttle mission to Russian space station Mir 1999 Hubble servicing mission 2000 Flew 100th shuttle mission 2005 Return-to-Flight vehicle after Columbia tragedy 2011 39th and final mission 1999–2011 Delivered trusses, Harmony node, Kibo laboratory, Robonaut 2, permanent logistics module, and tons of supplies to International Space Station 1984 First commercial payload specialist to fly on shuttle 1985 First U.S. government official in space 1989 First African American spacecraft commander: Col. Frederick D. Gregory 1993 First Hispanic woman in space: Dr. Ellen Ochoa 1995 First woman spacecraft pilot: Lt. Col. Eileen M. Collins 1995 First African American spacewalker: Dr. Bernard Harris 1995 First shuttle mission to Russian space station Mir 1998 Only shuttle flight of a Mercury astronaut Senator John H. Glenn 1999 First docking with International Space Station 2005, 2007 Only orbiter flown by both women commanders Col. Eileen M. Collins and Col. Pamela A. Melroy

  9. Discovery on Display

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