TheNASA’s Discovery Space Shuttletook off yesterday Thursday, shortly before 11 pm (peninsular time), bound for the International Space Station (ISS). Its aboutlast tripof the veteran shuttle, which this time is transporting six astronauts, together with the android Robonaut 2 (R2), the multipurpose module Leonardo and other equipment.
After several delays due to technical reasons, theDiscoveryIt finally took off successfully from Cape Canaveral base at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida (USA), thus beginning the STS-133 mission. The ship’s destination is, once again, the International Space Station. It is a historic mission, being the last one carried out by the space shuttle. The first mission of theDiscovery it started with hisAug 30, 1984 Release, and since then the spacecraft has entered orbitanother 38 times.
TheMission STS-133, which will last 11 days, is made up of Commander Steve Lindsey, pilot Eric Boe and mission specialists Steve Bowen (who will replace astronaut Tim Kopra, injured in a bicycle accident), Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott. The objective of this last mission will be to deliver equipment and materials to the ISS and install thenew permanent multipurpose module called Leonardo, in addition to bringing the android orrobot astronauta Robonaut 2 (R 2), designed to help the crew on their jobs and on future spacewalks.
