Space Shuttle Discovery
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Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired American spacecraft. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to... Wikipedia
Launch date: August 30, 1984 at 8:41 AM EDT
Cost: 196 billion USD (2011)
Manufacturers: Boeing Co and Rockwell International
Max speed: 17,400 mph
Dry mass: 78,000 kilograms (172,000 lb)
Fate: Retired
Flights: 39