Launch vehicle · NASA
Space Shuttle
Also known as STS, Space Transportation System
RocketsHeavy-lift
Imagery
Space Shuttle Projects
The Space Shuttle represented an entirely new generation of space vehicle, the world's first reusable spacecraft.
1975
NASA/Marshall · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
NASA's partially reusable crewed launch system — a winged orbiter with an external tank and two solid rocket boosters — that flew 135 missions building the ISS and servicing Hubble.
Components & hardware
Knowledge connections
- Operated byNASA
- Part of programSpace Shuttle program
- Launched fromLaunch Complex 39A
- Launched fromLaunch Complex 39B
- Has stageSpace Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
- Basis forSpace Launch System (SLS)
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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