View Space Shuttle Discovery Explosion Pictures. Space shuttle discovery (orbiter vehicle designation: Space shuttle discovery touches down at the shuttle landing facility at nasa's kennedy space center in florida.

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The us space shuttle discovery has made its last ever descent to earth. On august 30, 1984, it lifted off from launch pad 39a at kennedy space center, carrying six crew members to space: Explore an icon of the shuttle era on google arts & culture.

The shuttles were all built mostly by rockwell…but i think as you specifically asked about discover you meant who ordered it built:

Shuttle challenger explosion [new copy found; Space shuttle orbiter discovery lifting off from the kennedy space center in florida on its third mission, january 24, 1985. Getty images president ronald reagan watches the challenger explosion from the white house. The final flight,' explores the 1986 challenger space shuttle that broke apart less than 2 minutes after launch.