a modified Boeing 747 as it touches down. |Discovery lands after its first flight, STS-41-D. |- | | | | | |- |Discovery performing the Rendezvous pitch maneuver prior to docking with the International Space Station. |The Space Shuttle Discovery soon after landing |Modified Boeing 747 carrying Discovery. |STS-124 comes to a close as Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center. |Discoverys final touchdown on Kennedy Space Center's runway, concluding the STS-133 mission and Discoverys 27-year career. |} See also List of human spaceflights List of Space Shuttle crews List of Space Shuttle missions Timeline of Space Shuttle missions References External links Return to Flight mission STS-114 and STS-121 Shuttle Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery Discovery on Servicing Mission 3A at ESA/Hubble site Pictures of preparations for a launch of Discovery A Space Shuttle's Final Rollout – slideshow by Life'' magazine April 16, 2007: Consolidated Launch Manifest: Space Shuttle Flights and ISS Assembly Sequence. Transition and Retirement: Hi-res spherical panoramas of the processing Discovery Discovery Artifacts in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution Historic American Engineering Record in Texas Individual spacecraft in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution Individual rockets Individual aircraft