- Space Shuttle - NASA
From the first launch on April 12, 1981 to the final landing on July 21, 2011, NASA's space shuttle fleet flew 135 missions, helped construct the International Space Station and inspired generations NASA’s space shuttle fleet began setting records with its first launch on April 12, 1981 and continued to set high marks of achievement and endurance through 30 years of missions
- Space Shuttle - Wikipedia
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U S National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program
- Space shuttle | Names, Definition, Facts, History | Britannica
Space shuttle, partially reusable rocket-launched vehicle designed to go into orbit around Earth, to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft, and to glide to a runway landing on its return to Earth’s surface It was developed by NASA and made 135 spaceflights between 1981 and 2011
- Space Shuttle Era Facts facts - nasa. gov
Shuttle Miles Flown (through STS-134) NASA’s space shuttles have traveled 537,114,016, making 20,952 Earth orbits Space Shuttles by the Numbers (through STS-134) 2 – Smallest crew size, on missions STS-1 through STS-4 2 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, and 12 seconds – length of Columbia’s STS-2 flight, the shortest completed mission to date
- All NASA Space Shuttle Locations How to Visit Them - Space Tourism Guide
Endeavour was Authorized by Congress in August 1987 as a replacement for the Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger, which had been destroyed during an accident in 1986 Endeavour (OV-105) first arrived at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility on May 7, 1991, atop NASA’s new Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (NASA 911) She made her first flight
- Space Shuttle Timeline - Have Fun With History
The Space Shuttle program, operated by NASA, was a remarkable chapter in the history of human space exploration Spanning over three decades, from 1981 to 2011, it featured a fleet of reusable orbiters that revolutionized our ability to access and work in space
- JSC History Portal (shuttle) - NASA
NASA's Space Shuttle orbiters were the first spacecraft capable of routinely launching into orbit like rockets and then returning to Earth as gliders They were the main element of NASA's Space Transportation System, and were used for scientific research and space applications, such as deploying and repairing satellites
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