Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from launch pad 39A on mission STS-124.
OV designationOV-103
CountryUnited States
Contract awardJanuary 29, 1979
Named afterRRS Discovery
StatusRetired [1]
First flightSTS-41-D
August 30, 1984 – September 5, 1984
Last flightSTS-133
February 24, 2011 - March 9, 2011
Number of missions39
Crews246
Time spent in space365 days, 12 hours, 53 minutes, 34 seconds[2]
Number of orbits5,830[3]
Distance travelled148,221,675 mi (238,539,663 km)[2]
Satellites deployed31 (including Hubble Space Telescope)