Space Shuttle Discovery Launched on Final Mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Florida and touchdown on March 9, 2011 at 10:57:17 CST. This mission is commanded by veteran NASA Astronaut Steven Lindsey. Pilot Eric Boe and mission specialists Alvin Drew, Steven Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott were also aboard and spent one full year in space.
NASA's Launch Schedule
Date: Sept 08, 2011
Mission: GRAIL
Launch Vehicle: Delta II Heavy
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Times: 8:37:06 a.m. and 9:16:12 a.m. EDT
Date: Oct 25, 2011
Mission: NPP
Launch Vehicle: Delta II
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Window: 2:47:35 a.m. - 2:57:35 a.m. PDT / 5:47:35 a.m. - 5:57:35 a.m. EDT
Date: Nov 25, 2011
Mission: Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity Rover
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Time: 10:21 a.m. EST
Date: Nov 30, 2011
Mission: SpaceX
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9/Dragon
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Date: Feb, 03, 2012
Mission: NuSTAR
Launch Vehicle: Pegasus XL
Launch site: Kwajalein Atoll