NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STS-133

Launch Time
Thu Feb 24, 2011 21:53 UTC

The final flight of Discovery.

Rocket

Space Shuttle Discovery
NASA
Status: Retired
Price: $450.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 30,250 kN
Payload to LEO: 27,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,810 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 56.1 m

Vehicles

Kennedy SLF Runway 15

OV-103

Flight #39
326 day turnaround

Mission Details

STS-133

STS-133 (ISS assembly flight ULF5) was the 133rd mission in NASA's Space Shuttle program; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station. The mission transported several items to the space station, including the Permanent Multipurpose Module Leonardo, which was left permanently docked to one of the station's ports. The shuttle also carried the third of four ExPRESS Logistics Carriers to the ISS, as well as a humanoid robot called Robonaut.

Low Earth Orbit

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

2011

8th orbital launch attempt

Space Shuttle

133rd mission
1st mission of 2011
131st successful mission
20th consecutive successful mission