Space Shuttle - NASA 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 Starting with Columbia and continuing with Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour, the spacecraft has carried people into orbit repeatedly, launched
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
The Space Shuttle - NASA STS-135 is the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program The 12-day mission will deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module filled with more than 8,000 pounds of supplies and spare parts to sustain space station operations after the shuttles are retired STS-135 is the 135th shuttle flight, the 33rd flight for Atlantis and the
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 Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft where it was the only item
List of Space Shuttle missions - Wikipedia Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on 12 April 1981 at Pad 39A for mission STS-1 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
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 NASA'S First Space Shuttle Mission Mission STS-2 2 min read Second test flight of the Space Shuttle to demonstrate safe re-launch and safe return of the orbiter and crew The 13th flight of the Space Shuttle program, STS-41G was notable for many firsts and records It was the first…
NASAs Space Shuttles: Where Are They Now? | Space This space shuttle is part of a long, historical tradition of naming ships "Discovery," NASA officials have said Henry Hudson's Hudson Bay exploring vessel was named Discovery, as was James Cook
NASA History News and Notes – Summer 2025 In the summer 2025 issue of the NASA History Office’s News Notes newsletter, examples of leadership and critical decision-making in NASA’s history form the unifying theme Among the topics discussed are NASA’s Shuttle-Centaur program, assessing donations to the NASA Archives, how the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star catalyzed NASA’s exoplanet program, and
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