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Space Shuttle Discovery Orbiter Vehicle Designation OV-103 was the third of five operational orbiters built. On August 30, 1984 Discovery departed on its first flight; STS-41D to deploy three communication satellites, SBS-D; SYNCOM IV-2 and Solar Wing TELSTAR with the mission lasting until September 5, 1984. The crew consisted of Hartsfield, Coats, Resnik, Mullane, Hawley and Walker. Discovery’s last mission was STS-133 that lasted from February 24, 2011 until March 9, 2011. With retirement of Discovery it had traveled 148,221,675 miles, spent 365 days in space made 39 flights.