Program archive

Discovery Program

Discovery Program is explored here through 13 archived missions, from NEAR Shoemaker through DAVINCI, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.

Missions: 13
People: 0
Vehicles: 13

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Discovery Program timeline

13 flights. One complete program record.

Follow every archived flight from the earliest development test through the program’s latest flown mission, with its defining milestones and mission hardware connected along the way.

Every Discovery Program program record

All 13 flown and non-flight archive records arranged chronologically.

Launch corridor

13 flights and tests compressed into 1 expandable arc.

Arc 01Ignition1996–Date pending · 13 records

Flight arc 01IgnitionNEAR Shoemaker → DAVINCI1996–Date pending · 13 records1996–Date pending
13 records