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 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
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 It shuttled 184 men and women into space and
The First Space Shuttle: 40 Years Since STS-1 The legacy of the Space Shuttle program was to some degree built around the results of its very first mission The reusable spaceplane, the Space Shuttle, ushered in a new era of human spaceflight 40 years ago this week with the launch of STS-1 on April 12, 1981
Space Shuttle Astronauts Tell All - National Air and Space Museum The space shuttle was the most important program in NASA’s history The shuttle was not only a groundbreaking spacecraft—a reusable, winged spaceplane—but it gave the United States a versatile work and science platform with which to master operations in low Earth orbit The shuttle was so far ahead of its time that no other nation has flown anything even approaching its capabilities
Shuttle Service to DC - National Air and Space Museum Much to the delight of large crowds below, Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), made several passes over the Washington, DC area yesterday Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA's shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles
NASA Space Shuttle Simulations - Creations Feedback - Roblox [UPDATES] NASA Space Shuttle Simulations Welcome back! Recently just completed STS-35 and are moving forward to STS-37 We’ve made several visual and graphical updates to our shuttle as well as launch area and continue to strive to bring the absolute best simulation of the shuttle program to Roblox About Us It is our mission to recreate and perform the most realistic Space Shuttle missions
[UPDATES] NASA Space Shuttle Recreation - Roblox NASA National Aeronautics Space Administration is a group on Roblox owned by FlightVector with 13068 members Current Simulation Year: 1995 Welcome to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) group on Roblox
Guy Bluford: First African American in Space In late August 1983, a soft-spoken Philadelphia-born African American man flew into history Despite launch delays totaling six weeks, the spectacular first night launch (and later first night landing) of a Space Shuttle brought full circle NASA’s promise of a more inclusive astronaut corps