It was not Discovery that exploded, it was Challenger.
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The space shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Telescope into space.
It was the shuttle Discovery that took her to the ISS on December 10 2006, and Atlantis brought her home to Earth on June 22 2007.
on the 29th of October 1998, John Glenn became the oldest man to fly in space. Astronaut John Glenn was a payload specialist during mission STS-95 aboard the space shuttle Discovery
Discovery's finally mission was STS-133. The STS-133 crew members were Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt, Steve Bowen, and Nicole Stott.
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Colonel Eileen Collins, USAF, retired, became the first female Space Shuttle pilot on STS-63, aboard Discovery; and the first female Space Shuttle commander on STS-93, aboard Columbia; She also commanded Discovery on STS-114, the first mission after the Columbia disaster. As far as the first woman to fly ABOARD the Space Shuttle, that would be Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into space, aboard the Challenger, on STS-7.
The space shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Telescope into space.
February 1995, aboard STS-63/Discovery.
It was the shuttle Discovery that took her to the ISS on December 10 2006, and Atlantis brought her home to Earth on June 22 2007.
The Hubble Space Telescope was carried as cargo aboard a Space Shuttle mission in April of 1990.
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard Discovery on STS-31 on April 24, 1990.
Sergei Krikalev flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, launched on February 3, 1994
In October 1998, Senator Glenn returned to space at the age of 77 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
on the 29th of October 1998, John Glenn became the oldest man to fly in space. Astronaut John Glenn was a payload specialist during mission STS-95 aboard the space shuttle Discovery
Discovery's finally mission was STS-133. The STS-133 crew members were Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt, Steve Bowen, and Nicole Stott.
In October 1998, Senator Glenn returned to space at the age of 77 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.