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Discovery has not been destroyed, but is still undertaking missions. Only the space shuttle Challenger (January 28, 1986) and Columbia ( February 1, 2003) have been destroyed in accidents.

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What year did the space shuttle blow up?

1986


What year did space shuttle challenger blow up?

Space shuttle Challenger exploded on the 28th of January 1986.


Is discovery a name of a space shuttle?

Yes. It is set to be decommissioned this year.


What year did the Challenger Space Shuttle blow up?

1986


In which year did NASA fly the first Russian cosmonaut on a space shuttle mission?

Sergei Krikalev flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, launched on February 3, 1994


Where are the retired space shuttles housed?

The 36 year old Space Shuttle Enterprise is housed at the Interprid Sea Air and Space Museum in New York City, the 29 year old Space Shuttle Discovery is at the Smithsonian Air and Space museum in Virginia, the 27 year old Space Shuttle Atlantis is at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, and the 21 year old Space Shuttle Endeavour is at the California Science Center in California.


What year did John Glenn return to space on his second trip?

In October 1998, Senator Glenn returned to space at the age of 77 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.


Which year was the space shuttle Discovery's first flight to the International Space Station?

Discovery (STS-96) made its first docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on 29 May, 1999. This was also the first shuttle to actually dock with the ISS. The pilot of this mission was Rick Husband, who would later lose his life on-board the shuttle Columbia (STS-107).


76 year old man on space shuttle discovery?

If you are asking who he was, his name is John Glenn. He also was the first American to orbit the earth.


What year did space shuttle Discovery first launch into space?

1984. The first launch was for mission STS-41D, which ran from August 30, 1984 to September 5, 1984.


What Year of first shuttle in space?

12 April , 1981 the first Shuttle in space.


What change has happened in the space shuttle program this year?

None. The Space Shuttle Program is over.