Space Shuttle program

Overview

The Space Shuttle was NASA's reusable crewed launch system, flying 135 missions between 1981 and 2011.

Knowledge connections

• Operated byNASA
• Program includesSpace Shuttle Orbiter
• Program includesSpace Shuttle
• Associated withThe First Space Shuttle Flight
• Associated withSally Ride, First American Woman in Space
• Associated withThe Challenger Disaster
• Associated withLaunch of the Hubble Space Telescope
• Associated withThe Columbia Disaster
• Associated withThe Final Space Shuttle Flight
• Associated withFirst Reusable Crewed Spacecraft

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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