Stellar NASA Video On The Life & Times Of Shuttle 'Discovery'
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 12:08PM This outstanding video on the history of the Orbiter Discovery is a perfect lead-in to tomorrow's scheduled launch at 4:50 pm EST for her last flight. Discovery is a special member of the Space Shuttle fleet, and seeing her embark on her final flight is sure to be a very emotional time for the thousands of people who have made her a reality, and the many more of us who have watched her serve this nation since her first flight in 1984.
This nearly 16 minute video is a 'must see' if you have any interest at all in the Space Shuttle program. If you can't watch it now, come back when you have time. It's almost surely better than what you're likely to watch on TV tonight.
With Endeavour and Atlantis scheduled for their final flights later in the year, it won't be long before the Space Transportation System is fully retired. It seems we're still left wondering: what then?
Discovery, the oldest of the three remaining Space Shuttles
Reader Comments (2)
Thanks Martt, I will miss manned space flight. I'm lucky enough to remember a little of the Gemini program and watched the moon landings,and on through the Shuttle program. Sad to see it end without a positive direction on what's next. I think it may be some time before we as a country once again are able to send Americans into space.
Larry- It really is an interesting time for us with what appears to be no clear direction for continued supremacy in manned space exploration, and even worse, no clear direction for how we're going to fix the very serious financial issues within the nation. These last three Shuttle missions may well represent the end of far more than what appears on the surface.