Discovery the Last Journey
I read on news today as the most traveled space shuttle DISCOVERY will make its final destination for this era.It thundered into the orbit for the final time heading to the International Space Station. After its return its will be heading to the museum for its 39th journey and 133th shuttles missinon overall. Discovery is the oldest of NASA's three surviving space shuttles and first to be decommissioned this year. Discovery already has 143 million miles to its credit, beginning with its first flight in 1984. By the time this mission ends, the shuttle will have tacked on another 4.5 million miles. And it will have spent 363 days in space and circled Earth 5,800 times when it returns March 7. No other spacecraft has been launched so many times.Its also shuttled 180 people into space including the first female shuttle commander and the first African-American spacewalker. Discovery's list of achievements include delivering the Hubble Space Telescope to orbit, carrying the first Rus...