Just shy of 40 successful space journeys, the NASA shuttle Discovery headed to the International Space Station Thursday on a final mission that followed repair problems and bad weather. Known as “STS-133,” Discovery’s last voyage will take 11 days. The shuttle is delivering a variety of parts and modules to the space station and carrying an interesting hitchhiker — a humanoid robot named “Robonaut 2,” or “R2.” “Discovery’s final flight involves delivery of a last few components to the ISS,” said Stevens Institute of Technology space systems engineering professor Debra Lepore.
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Discovery Blazes One Last Trail
Posted by: Mike Martin February 25, 2011 02:46 PMJust shy of 40 successful space journeys, the NASA shuttle Discovery headed to the International Space Station Thursday on a final mission that followed repair problems and bad weather. Known as “STS-133,” Discovery’s last voyage will take 11 days. The shuttle is delivering a variety of parts and modules to the space station and carrying an interesting hitchhiker — a humanoid robot named “Robonaut 2,” or “R2.” “Discovery’s final flight involves delivery of a last few components to the ISS,” said Stevens Institute of Technology space systems engineering professor Debra Lepore.