NASA's program of reusable crewed spacecraft, flying 135 missions between 1981 and 2011. It built the International Space Station, serviced the Hubble Space Telescope, and suffered two fatal accidents, Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.
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Mission TypeReusable crewed spacecraft program 1 Launch DateFirst flight, STS-1. End DateFinal landing, STS-135. OutcomeRetired after 135 missions; two orbiters, Challenger and Columbia, were lost with all crew, leading to major safety redesigns after each accident. 1 Mission Type
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Maxime Faget, Pioneers Contributed to the basic aerodynamic shape of the Space Shuttle.
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The launch vehicle system that flew every mission of the Space Shuttle Program.
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Wikimedia FoundationCrewed By: Eileen Collins, Eileen Collins, lead paragraph section
the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle
Crewed By: Mae Jemison, Mae Jemison, lead paragraph section
aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992
Crewed By: Chris Hadfield, Chris Hadfield, Career section
Hadfield performed two spacewalks
- Associated With: Maxime Faget, Maxime Faget, lead section
Includes: Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Columbia article, lead section (program)
Columbia was the first of five Space Shuttle orbiters to fly in space, debuting the Space Shuttle launch vehicle on its maiden flight on April 12, 1981
Includes: Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle Challenger article, lead section (program)
Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.
Includes: Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Discovery article, lead section (program)
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter.
Includes: Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Shuttle Atlantis article, lead section (program)
Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle designation: OV-104) is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States.
Includes: Space Shuttle Endeavour, Space Shuttle Endeavour article, lead section (program)
Space Shuttle Endeavour (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105) is a retired orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the fifth and final operational Shuttle built.
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