NASA Space Shuttle Discovery

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/NASA_Space_Shuttle_Discovery
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:builtIn gptkb:Palmdale,_California
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:enteredService 1984
gptkbp:firstCommander gptkb:Henry_W._Hartsfield_Jr.
gptkbp:firstFlight gptkb:STS-41-D
1984-08-30
gptkbp:flightNumber 39
gptkbp:hasModel gptkb:OV-103
gptkbp:heatShieldMaterial Reinforced carbon–carbon, silica tiles
gptkbp:height 17.86 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NASA Space Shuttle Discovery
gptkbp:lastCommander gptkb:Steven_W._Lindsey
gptkbp:lastFlight 2011-03-09
gptkbp:lastFlightMission gptkb:STS-133
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center_LC-39A
gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center_LC-39B
gptkbp:length 37.24 m
gptkbp:location gptkb:Smithsonian_National_Air_and_Space_Museum_Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Rockwell_International
gptkbp:mass 78,000 kg (empty)
110,000 kg (loaded)
gptkbp:missions gptkb:STS-114
gptkb:STS-133
gptkb:STS-26
gptkb:STS-31
gptkb:STS-41-D
gptkb:STS-60
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Discovery_(ship)
gptkbp:notableMission Hubble Space Telescope deployment
Return to flight after Challenger disaster
Return to flight after Columbia disaster
First female shuttle pilot (Eileen Collins, STS-63)
First Russian cosmonaut on Shuttle (STS-60)
gptkbp:numberOfEngines 3 × RS-25
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitalManeuveringSystem 2 × OMS engines
gptkbp:orbiterVehicleDesignation gptkb:OV-103
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Space_Shuttle_program
gptkbp:payloadBayLength 18.3 m
gptkbp:payloadBayWidth 4.6 m
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Challenger
gptkbp:retired 2011
2011-03-09
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 7
gptkbp:status Retired
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Atlantis
gptkbp:totalDistanceTraveled 238 million km
gptkbp:totalTimeInSpace 365 days
gptkbp:wingspan 23.79 m
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:LEGO_sets
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6