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Bookmark or Share- NASA's Space Shuttle by the Numbers: 30 Years of a Spaceflight IconNASA's space shuttles have racked up an amazing set of accomplishments over the last 30 years, not to mention the miles and statistics. But after three decades and 135 flights, the era of the...
- Space Shuttle - NASAFrom 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.
- Space Shuttle - WikipediaThe 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 | BritannicaSpace 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.
- List of Space Shuttle missions - WikipediaContents. List of Space Shuttle missions. For Soviet Space Shuttle missions, see List of Buran missions. The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for ...
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