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February 11, 1997

On February 11, 1997, space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. The year's #1 song was "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John. Asa Butterfield, Álex Palou, Claire Wineland would arrive in the same year.

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Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984.

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The year in brief

1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade.

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What happened

On February 11, 1997

  1. 1997 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

    Space Shuttle orbiter (1984–2011)

    Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984.

Arrivals

Born on February 11, 1997

Damien Harris 1997– American football player (born 1997)
Mike Hughes 1997– American football player (born 1997)
Hubert Hurkacz 1997– Polish tennis player (born 1997)
Rosé 1997– New Zealand and South Korean singer (born 1997)
Zavier Simpson 1997– American basketball player (born 1997)

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 1997

The class of 1997

Others born in 1997

Asa Butterfield 1997– English actor
Álex Palou 1997– Spanish racing driver
Claire Wineland 1997– American activist and author (died 2018)
Mateo Cassierra 1997– Colombian footballer
Kyle Walker-Peters 1997– English footballer
D. J. Moore 1997– American football player

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