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 - 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
Space Shuttle program - Wikipedia The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U S National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011
List of Space Shuttle missions - Wikipedia The Space Shuttle is 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 a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development [ 1 ]
The Space Shuttle - NASA Space shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson and crewmates Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:29 a m EDT on Friday, July 8
Space Shuttle History Resources - NASA Essays and Book Chapters Twenty Years On Orbit: The Space Shuttle Legacy by Roger D Launius The Space Shuttle’s First Flight: STS-1 by Henry C Dethloff In From Engineering Science to Big Science: The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners (NASA SP-4219, 1998) By Henry C Dethloff Return to Flight: Richard H Truly and the Recovery from the Challenger Accident by John M
Space Shuttle Missions - NASA Second test flight of the Space Shuttle to demonstrate safe re-launch and safe return of the orbiter and crew
Space Shuttle Era Facts facts - nasa. gov The space shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), began its flight career with Columbia roaring off Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Shuttle Fleet Left Mark in Space, Hearts - NASA Space shuttle Atlantis nears touchdown to cap STS-30 The space shuttle’s were the first spacecraft to come back from orbit to Earth and land on a runway