On Approach

The Expedition 26 crew photographed the aft portion of Discovery's main engines, part of the cargo…

Conjoined

The docked space shuttle Discovery and the Canadian-built Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dextrous…

Discovery’s Final Flip

This view of the nose, the forward underside and crew cabin of the space shuttle Discovery…

Sunlight

Backdropped by a cloud-covered part of Earth, space shuttle Discovery is featured in this image photographed…

Aloft

Rising on twin columns of fire and creating rolling clouds of smoke and steam, space shuttle…

Ready for Launch

The space shuttle Discovery is seen shortly after the Rotating Service Structure was rolled back at…

Discovery Lifts Off!

Space shuttle Discovery's liftoff from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on…

A Visit to Glory

Just a few hours before the scheduled launch of NASA's Glory research satellite, NASA Deputy Administrator…

Discovery at the Pad

Dawn broke over the Atlantic Ocean near Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in…

STS-133 Crew Arrives at Kennedy

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 pose for a photo on…