Space Shuttle Discovery's last flight has now taken place after it's last 12 day mission to The International Space Space Station, and it is now safe on the ground, never to take flight again. This concludes The Space Shuttle Program for Discovery, after it's 39th successful mission. Over the years, it has taken more than 250 astronauts into space, and is the oldest Space Shuttle still in service in the fleet, with it's first flight on August 29th, 1984. Within the last27 years, Space Shuttle Discovery has carried, The Hubble Space Telescope, the oldest man that has ever been in space, John Glenn, at 77 years old, it brought down the first satellite from space, back down to earth, and many more.
The Space Shuttle Program has had it's ups, and it's downs. I would consider The Space Shuttle Program was a success. It has provided a good route for transporting many important sections of The International Space Station, satellites, The Hubble Space Telescope, and more. It had the two incidents of Space Shuttle Columbia, and Space Shuttle Endeavour where they both were destroyed, and killed all of The Astronauts on board. Overall, I would say that The Space Shuttle Program was a success.
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