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April 18th 2011 01:30
The Space Shuttle program is coming to an end. Space Shuttle retirement is planned for mid-2011, after nearly 30 years of service with NASA.
The oldest Shuttle, Discovery will be the first of NASA's three remaining operational Space Shuttles to be retired as the program winds down.
On February 24 2011, Discovery made out on her final mission which was to the International Space Station.
Below are some pictures of Discovery's final voyages, as seen as The Atlantic. Read the full article here.
The oldest Shuttle, Discovery will be the first of NASA's three remaining operational Space Shuttles to be retired as the program winds down.
On February 24 2011, Discovery made out on her final mission which was to the International Space Station.
Below are some pictures of Discovery's final voyages, as seen as The Atlantic. Read the full article here.
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, shuttle Discovery pauses in between Orbiter Processing Facility-3 and the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) during a move called "rollover
The underside of space shuttle Discovery is visible in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station began their post-undocking relative separation on April 17th, 2010. Undocking ended a stay of 10 days, 5 hours and 8 minutes. The recognizable feature on Earth below is the south end of Isla de Providencia, about 150 miles off the coast of Nicaragua near 13.3 degrees north latitude 81.4 degrees west longitude.
The space shuttle Discovery lands on Kennedy Space Center's Runway 33 Tuesday, April 20, 2010.
Rising on twin columns of fire and creating rolling clouds of smoke and steam, space shuttle Discovery lifts off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a picturesque, warm, late February afternoon. Launch of the STS-133 mission was at 4:53 p.m. EST on Feb. 24.
Space shuttle Discovery (bottom) continues to orbit as the solid rocket boosters separate from the spacecraft. Space shuttle Discovery launched into orbit on its final flight for an 11-day mission to the International Space Station.
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