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The space shuttle discovery hasn't crashed. The shuttle program has lost two of it's fleet. The first accident happened to the Challenger in 1986. It was caused by a faulty 'O' ring on one of the solid rocket boosters. When it failed it allowed the booster to pierce the external fuel tank. This caused a massive explosion.
The second shuttle lost was the Columbia, which was the first shuttle that flew into space. It crashed because a large piece of foam came off of the external tank during the accent.The foam struck the leading edge of the wing and put a suitcase sized hole in it. During reentry, hot plasma rushed into the hole and destroyed the ships structure causing it to come apart and skid across the atmosphere and basically burn up. Many of its parts rained down across Texas.
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Which space shuttle was sent to the Smithsonian in 2012?
Space Shuttle Discovery.
What is the name of the american space shuttle that goes into orbit?
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Did the space shuttle discovery make it to the moon?
No. The Space Shuttle were built for near Earth obital missions.
Where are the shuttles retired at?
Space Shuttle Enterprise is in New York, Space Shuttle Discovery is in Virginia, Space Shuttle Atlantis is in Florida, and Space Shuttle Endeavour is in California.
Which space shuttle launched the Hubble Telescope into space?
The space shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Telescope into space.
When did the space shuttle the discovery crash?
In 1766 after Cat Amunis took over Russia
Where are the Enterprise Atlantis Discovery space shuttles?
Space Shuttle Enterprise is in New York, Space Shuttle Discovery is in Virginia, Space Shuttle Atlanti is in Florida, and Space Shuttle Endeavour is in California.
Which space shuttle was sent to the Smithsonian in 2012?
Space Shuttle Discovery.
How did space shuttle discovery get its name?
they were discovering space therefore discovery
Which shuttle will fly the last mission?
Space Shuttle Discovery.
What is the name of the american space shuttle that goes into orbit?
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Did the space shuttle discovery make it to the moon?
No. The Space Shuttle were built for near Earth obital missions.
Why did space shuttle Discovery go to space?
the shuttle went into space because it launched the Hubble space telescope.
Which is the shuttle Sent to space mOST times?
The space shuttle Discovery has flown the most times of all the space shuttle orbiters.
Where are the shuttles retired at?
Space Shuttle Enterprise is in New York, Space Shuttle Discovery is in Virginia, Space Shuttle Atlantis is in Florida, and Space Shuttle Endeavour is in California.
Which space shuttle launched the Hubble Telescope into space?
The space shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Telescope into space.
Which space shuttle flight put the hubble space telescope into orbit also what was their flight number?
Space Shuttle Discovery, mission STS-31.
