11+ Space Shuttle Discovery Final Launch Gif. Earthlings gather at the indian river in titusville, florida on february 24, 2011 to witness the final launch of the space shuttle discovery. The shuttle is sitting atop a seaside launch pad at nasa's kennedy space center in cape canaveral, fla., awaiting a launch that has already been delayed more than a.

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Shuttle discovery touches down on kennedy's shuttle landing facility, completing finally, the completed launch vehicle and its mobile launcher platform rolled out to the launch pad. It was flown by space shuttle discovery, and launched from kennedy space center, florida, on 2 june 1998. The launch is now aimed for thursday if nasa engineers can fix the problem.

Launch was on feb 24th, 2011 and this is the last time space shuttle discovery will ever fly.

Watch the space shuttle discovery as it blasts off from the launch pad and into space from a number of interesting angles. On august 30, 1984, it lifted off from launch pad 39a at kennedy space center, carrying six crew members to space: Space shuttle atlantis launches july 8, 2011 image above: Having lasted three times as long as most vehicles.