Space Shuttle 'Discovery' by junge1

Photography • Space • posted on Aug 05, 2015

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The Space Shuttle 'Discovery' (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) was the third of five shuttles built. Its 1st mission (STS-41-D) was from 30 August to 5 September 1984 and its last mission, (STS-133) from 24 February to 9 March 2011. During those 27 years it was launched 39 times, It spent a total time of 365 days, 22 hours, 39 minutes and 33 seconds in space and during that time traveled a total distance of 148, 221, 675 mi (238, 539, 663 km) completing 5,830 orbits. While in orbit it traveled at 17,400 mph, ~ Mach 25 - 5 times the speed of a bullet. A few of the more noteworthy missions were: 1984 - First mission 1988 - Return-to-flight vehicle after the 'Challenger' disaster 1990 - Delivered the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit 1995 - First shuttle mission to Russian Space Station 'Mir' 1997 - Hubble servicing mission 1998 - Hubble servicing mission 1998 - Only shuttle flight of a Mercury Astronaut - Senator John H. Glenn 1999 - First docking with International Space Station 2000 - Flew 100th shuttle mission (Source: Wikipedia) This photo was taken on 3 June 2015 and shows the three main engine exhaust nozzles, Sig...

Comments (19)

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starship64

5:55AM | Wed, 05 August 2015

Great shot.

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jayfar

6:59AM | Wed, 05 August 2015

What a great shot and experience seeing this up close Sig. What a history too.

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giulband

7:47AM | Wed, 05 August 2015

Great capture !!!!!!

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Juliette.Gribnau

12:47PM | Wed, 05 August 2015

bring me to the moon !! great shot

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ontar1

12:56PM | Wed, 05 August 2015

Great POV and capture!

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farmerC

1:18PM | Wed, 05 August 2015

Amazing.

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Faemike55

2:37PM | Wed, 05 August 2015

Great capture and cool stats thanks

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bmac62

7:28PM | Wed, 05 August 2015

And you made it to the National Air and Space Museum...a place I absolutely must see one day.

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auntietk

8:12PM | Wed, 05 August 2015

Well, if he's going, I guess I'll be going as well! LOL! I'm sure it's an amazing experience to see this in person. Wow!

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junge1

8:59PM | Wed, 05 August 2015

@bmac62: Bill, we spent half a day there. If you want to really see more you need to spend more time there, just as with the US Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson!

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junge1

9:08PM | Wed, 05 August 2015

@auntietk: Tara, there a lot of things to see and many opportunities to practice your art and take unusual pictures lol. I am looking forward to seeing some of them!

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kgb224

9:42PM | Wed, 05 August 2015

Stunning capture my friend. God bless.

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flavia49

10:42PM | Wed, 05 August 2015

fabulous shot

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danapommet

1:25AM | Thu, 06 August 2015

148 million plus miles WOW! I would have shot this end too - it is a great POV.

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SunriseGirl

3:59AM | Thu, 06 August 2015

Very impressive! I also like the POV. I saw this in flight high over the earth and even from so far away you could clearly see the distintive shape of the shuttle.

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debbielove

11:20AM | Thu, 06 August 2015

Big! Thats the first impression.. And sadly, just like the retirement of the supersonic Concorde, a step backwards as nothing has been put in place to replace it or better it.. Makes you wonder why? Nice to see kids being shown, shame that doesn't happen here. Rob

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