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- Space Shuttle program - National Air and Space Museum
The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011 It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA The Space Shuttle, officially known as the Space Transportation System (STS), was the first reusable spacecraft to carry humans into orbit
- Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle Discovery Discovery is an example of a Space Shuttle orbiter, a component of NASA’s Space Transportation System (STS) The STS consisted of a combination of a Space Shuttle orbiter, solid rocket boosters, and a fuel tank Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight in 2011 as the oldest and most
- Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most utilized orbiter Discovery was flown on 39 Earth-orbital missions, spent a total of 365 days in space, and traveled almost 240 million kilometers (150 million miles)--more than the other orbiters
- Kalpana Chawla: The First South Asian American Woman in Space
The crew of STS-107, Space Shuttle Columbia ’s 28th and final mission (Image courtesy of NASA) Chawla posthumously received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and Congressional Space Medal of Honor in recognition of her career and sacrifice A selection of her papers are housed in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Archives
- Homepage | National Air and Space Museum
Become a Member When you give to the National Air and Space Museum, you support new exhibitions, engaging public programs, care of the collection, groundbreaking scientific and scholarly research, and so much more
- Remembering Columbia, Over Fifteen Years Later - National Air and Space . . .
Over fifteen years after the Columbia tragedy, Michael D Leinbach, Space Shuttle Launch Director, and Jonathan H Ward, space historian, look back at the harrowing process of recovering the spacecraft
- History of Space Shuttle Rendezvous - NASASpaceFlight. com
History of Space Shuttle Rendezvous Space Shuttle Guidance, Navigation, and Rendezvous Knowledge Capture Reports JSC-66136 Revision 1 - October 2011 This document is a catalog and readers guide to lessons learned, experience, and technical history reports, as well as compilation volumes prepared by United Space Alliance personnel for the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Flight Dynamics Division
- Challenger STS-6 – A Walk into History - NASASpaceFlight. com
The sixth is the first launch of the second shuttle craft, Challenger, set for January 20, 1983 NASA wants to try Challenger out at the huge Edwards salt beds before limiting its landing area So the seventh flight, Challenger's second, is the earliest hope for a launch and landing at KSC, O'Hara said It is set for April 20, 1983
- Remembering the Challenger Seven - National Air and Space Museum
When the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart on STS-51L in 1986, seven astronauts lost their lives These seven astronauts—including the specialties of pilot, aerospace engineers, and scientists—died in the destruction of their spacecraft 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Center on January 28, 1986
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