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The Space Shuttle 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.
Learn about each of the space shuttle missions. NASA'S First Space Shuttle Mission. Second test flight of the Space Shuttle to demonstrate safe re-launch and safe return of the orbiter and crew. Third test flight of the Space Shuttle. The final test flight of the Space Transportation System.
The space shuttle, oficially 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 on April 12, 1981.
Space Shuttle Artist Conception, Photo Courtesy NASA Born in 1968 at the height of the Apollo program, the Space Shuttle was designed to fulfill two basic roles in NASA post-Apollo manned flight objectives.
Space Shuttle: 1981 to 2011 NASA's Space Shuttle orbiters were the first spacecraft capable of routinely launching into orbit like rockets and then returning to Earth as gliders.
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.
Captures some of the remarkable milestones of Space Shuttle’s 30-year history. Captures anecdotes and perspectives from the individuals who first provided the country and the world with an avenue to space and the moon. Timelapse videos of the Space Shuttles as they are transported to their new homes across the United States.
Below you’ll find a guide to each of the Space Shuttle locations around the U.S.; today you can visit five shuttles, three of which flew to space during the almost 30 years of NASA’s Shuttle program.
This significant new study of the decision to build the Space Shuttle explains the Shuttle's origins and early development. In addition to internal NASA discussions, this work details the debates in the late 1960s and early 1970s among policymakers in Congress, the Air Force, and the Office of Management and Budget over the roles and technical ...
The Space Shuttle program, operated by NASA, was a remarkable chapter in the history of human space exploration. Spanning over three decades, from 1981 to 2011, it featured a fleet of reusable orbiters that revolutionized our ability to access and work in space.