A Photo History of the Space Shuttle Program

The End of the Space Shuttle Program
Patrick Chauvel / Sygma / Corbis

Discovery 10
After a 32-month delay, the shuttle program resumed with the launch of Discovery in September 1988. Here, the shuttle is mounted on a mobile launchpad weeks before its liftoff.

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