- Space Shuttle program - National Air and Space Museum
The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011 It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA The Space Shuttle, officially known as the Space Transportation System (STS), was the first reusable spacecraft to carry humans into orbit
- Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle Discovery Discovery is an example of a Space Shuttle orbiter, a component of NASA’s Space Transportation System (STS) The STS consisted of a combination of a Space Shuttle orbiter, solid rocket boosters, and a fuel tank Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight in 2011 as the oldest and most
- Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
The Space Shuttle Discovery is a reusable spacecraft that carried astronauts into space and is now displayed at the National Air and Space Museum
- Shuttle Service to DC - National Air and Space Museum
Much to the delight of large crowds below, Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), made several passes over the Washington, DC area yesterday Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA's shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles
- The First Space Shuttle: 40 Years Since STS-1
The legacy of the Space Shuttle program was to some degree built around the results of its very first mission The reusable spaceplane, the Space Shuttle, ushered in a new era of human spaceflight 40 years ago this week with the launch of STS-1 on April 12, 1981
- A new podcast about Space Shuttle, Sixteen Sunsets with Kevin Fong.
To survive, NASA gambles on a radical new program: the Space Shuttle - a reusable spacecraft promising a new era of spaceflight, but it comes at a cost – a Faustian bargain with the US military, that will reshape its dreams and NASA's destiny Ever wondered how the Space Shuttle came to be? Welcome to a new podcast series, 16 Sunsets
- History of Space Shuttle Rendezvous - NASASpaceFlight. com
History of Space Shuttle RendezvousSpace Shuttle Guidance, Navigation, and Rendezvous Knowledge Capture Reports JSC-66136 Revision 1 - October 2011 This document is a catalog and readers guide to lessons learned, experience, and technical history reports, as well as compilation volumes prepared by United Space Alliance personnel for the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Flight Dynamics Division
- AVIC Cargo shuttle “Haolong”
The Haolong space cargo shuttle, developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute under the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), was among the winning projects, and was awarded a contract for the engineering flight verification phase The spacecraft of this type can be launched by a carrier rocket and dock with the space station After separating from the
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