Discovery Shuttle

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  SpaceX Cargo Arrives at Crowded Space Station

  Not since 2011, during the final flight of the space shuttle Discovery, have there been six vehicles parked at the ISS at the same time.

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  Robin Williams' Wake-Up Call Once Brought Cheer to NASA Astronauts

  Robin Williams helped wake up the crew of NASA's space shuttle Discovery to start their morning in 1988.

• First laptop designer Bill Moggridge dies

  His computer, the Grid Compass, was designed in 1979 and initially used by the US military. It retailed at $8,150 and was installed on board the space shuttle Discovery in 1985.

• Space shuttle Discovery lands at new museum home

  Space shuttle Discovery soared around the Washington Monument and the White House in a salute to the nation's capital on Tuesday before landing for the last time near its new museum home.

• Space shuttle Discovery has one last mission to complete

  At daybreak on Tuesday, the oldest of NASA's retired shuttle fleet will leave its home at Kennedy Space Center for the final time, riding on top of a modified jumbo jet. Its destination: the Smithsonian Institution's hangar outside Washington, D.C. The plane and jet will make a farewell flight over Cape Canaveral before heading north. The pair al...

• Space shuttle Discovery makes historic last landing

  The oldest and most travelled space shuttle, Discovery, landed back on Earth on Wednesday after its final space flight. It will now be kept at a museum.The shuttle cruised onto the runway at Kennedy Space Centre at 1657 GMT, wrapping up a rich, 27-year career in spaceflight that has spanned more distance and endured longer than any of the remaining...

• Space shuttle Discovery heads home to retirement

  Its decades-long mission accomplished space shuttle Discovery headed home to retirement after undocking from the International Space Station on Monday for the last time.The world's most-flown spaceship got a dramatic send-off by "Star Trek's" original Capt. Kirk."Space, the final frontier," actor William Shatner proclaimed in a pre-recorded tribute...

• Discovery leaves Earth one last time

  With seconds to spare after a last-minute glitch, the repaired shuttle Discovery, grounded since November because of vexing fuel tank cracks, rocketed into orbit Thursday on its 39th and final flight, setting off for the International Space Station to deliver supplies, equipment and a final American storage module.The countdown proceeded smoothly i...

• Space shuttle Discovery back on Earth

  Shuttle Discovery and its astronauts returned safely to Earth after making a rare flyover of America's heartland.

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  Space shuttle Discovery fuels for pre-dawn launch

  NASA fueled Discovery late on Sunday for a pre-dawn launch to the International Space Station, one of the last few shuttle flights.

• Cocaine found at NASA hangar, workers tested

  American space agency NASA is investigating how a bag of cocaine got into the hangar that houses space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

• Shuttle Discovery lands safely on Earth

  Space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts took a cross-country detour and landed safely in California.

• Discovery dodges space debris, landing delayed

  Thunderstorms and high winds forced NASA to abandon a first attempt to land the space shuttle Discovery.

• Shuttle Discovery arrives at space station

  The shuttle linked up 350 kilometers above Australia.

• Shuttle Discovery lifts off on ISS mission

  It will fit a final pair of solar wings to the station.