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Circling the Earth for more than five thousand times, providing shelter for more astronauts during their journeys into outer space than any other shuttle in the history of astronautics, flying the most challenging missions that carry not only the the hopes and aspirations of thousands of people, but perhaps the future of space exploration as well these are just a few of the accomplishments attributed to the legendary space shuttle Discovery. Its successful flights after two deadly tragedies are regarded as some of the most important milestones in NASA history. In order to find out more about this unique orbiter, its missions and historical crew members read this book.

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