An earlier shuttle, Enterprise, was used for early testing and then disassembled. Icons of space flight they undoubtedly are, but the shuttle programme has been marked by very public tragedy.

A ceremony with astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, followed where Discovery was displayed nose-to-nose with Space Shuttle Enterprise. Among the attendees were Mike ...

A ceremony with astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, followed where Discovery was displayed nose-to-nose with Space Shuttle Enterprise. Among the attendees were Mike ...