Timeline Tuesday 9 August 2005

Events on Tuesday 9 August 2005 1

• 2005 Space Shuttle Discovery returns to flight NASA resumes shuttle missions after the Columbia disaster Space Shuttle Discovery launched on 26 July 2005 on mission STS-114, the first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster more than two years earlier. The mission tested new safety procedures, including in-orbit repair techniques, and delivered supplies to the International Space Station. Discovery landed safely on 9 August 2005.