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Discovery


2005 Shuttle Discovery STS-114 launches, first flight since Columbia disaster

1998 John Glenn returns to space at the age of 77 as a payload specialist on the Discovery

1997 Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million

1997 STS 85 (Discovery 23) lands

1997 STS 85, Discovery 23, launches into orbit

1997 STS 82 (Discovery 22) lands

1997 Discovery captures Hubble Space Telescope

1997 STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches

1995 Space shuttle STS-70, Discovery 20, lands

1995 Space shuttle STS-70, Discovery 20, launches

1995 Space shuttle STS-63 (Discovery 19), lands

1995 STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit

1995 U.S. space shuttle Discovery launched

1994 Space shuttle STS-64 (Discovery 20), lands

1994 Space shuttle STS 64 (Discovery 20), launches into orbit

1994 Space shuttle STS-60 (Discovery 18), lands

1994 STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit

1993 STS-51 (Discovery) lands

1993 STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit

1993 STS-56 (Discovery) lands

1993 STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit

1992 Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) lands

1992 Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space

1991 Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) lands

1991 Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched

1991 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) lands

1991 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) launched

1991 U.S. 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit

1990 U.S. 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space

1990 U.S. 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) launches into orbit

1990 U.S. 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) returns from space

1990 STS-31 (Discovery 10) lands

1990 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery

1990 U.S. 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit

1989 U.S. 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) returns from space

1989 U.S. 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit

1989 Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens

1989 NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24

1989 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth

1989 27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, 1st woman to do the countdown

1988 26th Space Shuttle Mission, Discovery 7 returns to Earth after 4-days

1988 26th Space Shuttle mission, Discovery 7 launched

1987 Flight Readiness Firing of Discovery's main engines is successfully

1987 Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26

1987 Discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission

1987 Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB

1987 Discovery's SRBs and External Tank are mated

1987 Stacking of Discovery's SRBs completed

1987 Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway

1986 Discovery moves to OPF where more than 200 modification are made

1985 Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB

1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-I mission

1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx

1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G

1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-D mission

1985 Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission

1984 Astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit

1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51A mission

1984 Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla

1984 1st flight of Shuttle Discovery (41-D) scrubbed at T -4

1984 Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines

1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D

1983 Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center

1983 Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB, California

1983 Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden

1978 James Christy's discovery of Pluto's moon Charon announced

1974 Discovery Island opens

1973 Shanice, [Wilson], born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, vocalist, Discovery, Loving You

1968 Discovery of 1st pulsar announced

1965 Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by announcement of discovery of new celestial bodies know as blue galaxies

1962 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter

1957 Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced

1948 Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo

1940 Discovery of element 93, neptunium, announced

1930 Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory

1925 Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays

1921 Toronto's Dr. Banting and Dr. Best announce discovery of insulin

1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole

1905 Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara

1896 Wilhelm Rontgen announces his discovery of x-rays

1855 Percival "Percy" Lowell, U.S. astronomer, predicted discovery of Pluto

1849 New York Herald reports gold discovery in California

1848 President Polk triggers Gold Rush of '49, confirms California gold discovery

1835 After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R

1798 George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40

1779 Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery

1744 James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble)

1611 Henry Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery and never seen again

1394 Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery



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