Saturday, February 24, 2018

Discovery's final launch 2011

From left to right: Alvin Drew, Nicole Stott, Eric Boe, Steven Lindsey, Michael Barratt and Steve Bowen

Mission Patch

Space Shuttle Discovery took off February 24, 2011, NASA's 133rd shuttle mission to the International Space Station and the last flight of Discovery.  Its crew consisted of Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, Nicole Stott, Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt, Stephen Bowen

It was originally slated to launch in September 2010, but moved back to October 2010 and then February 2011.  It also took several attempts to land, scrubbing the first five tries.

They returned to Earth March 9.


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