Mission program · NASA
Space Shuttle program
Also known as Space Transportation System, STS
ExplorationCompleted
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
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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