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  2. Mar 9, 2011 · With Discovery and its crew safely home, the stage is set for the launch of shuttle Endeavour on its STS-134 mission, targeted to lift off on April 19. Endeavour’s flight will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) to the space station.

  3. Jun 5, 2013 · With its characteristic double sonic booms, Discovery touched down on Runway 22L at Edwards at 5:53.25 after almost 14 days in orbit. The mission, designated STS-128, delivered two refrigerator-sized science racks to the International Space Station.

  4. Mar 9, 2011 · After its 13-day STS-133 mission, the space shuttle Discovery landed for the final time today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The orbiter spent a total of 365 days in space.

  5. After the Challenger and Columbia accidents, Discovery became the oldest surviving orbiter. It embarked on its final mission, STS-133, on February 24, 2011, and touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9, [5] having spent a cumulative total of nearly a full year in space.

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  6. Apr 20, 2010 · With Discovery and its crew safely home, the stage is set for launch of shuttle Atlantis on its STS-132 mission, targeted to lift off May 14. Atlantis’ 12-day flight will deliver the Russian-built Mini Research Module to the station along with six new batteries to store power gathered by the Port 6 solar arrays.

  7. Mar 9, 2011 · STS-133 was the last mission for the longest-serving veteran of NASA’s space shuttle fleet. Since 1984, Discovery flew 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited Earth 5,830 times and ...

  8. Mar 9, 2011 · Closing out its 39th and final flight, the shuttle Discovery returns to Earth, marking the beginning of the end for NASA's winged orbiters.

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