- 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
- Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most utilized orbiter Discovery was flown on 39 Earth-orbital missions, spent a total of 365 days in space, and traveled almost 240 million kilometers (150 million miles)--more than the other orbiters It shuttled 184 men and women into space and
- Launch Complex 39: From Saturn to Shuttle to SpaceX and SLS
It is the same one used by the last NASA astronauts to launch from American soil, the Space Shuttle Atlantis crew in July 2011 Indeed, Launch Complex 39 A and B have been the site of every U S human spaceflight that went into orbit since December 1968, including the Apollo 11 lunar landing
- Space Shuttle Astronauts Tell All - National Air and Space Museum
Planetary scientist and pilot Tom Jones had a long career as an astronaut While at NASA, he completed four space shuttle missions and three spacewalks to help build the International Space Station In his latest book, Space Shuttle Stories, Jones documents the shuttle program’s 30-year history by interviewing more than 130 fellow astronauts They discuss their broad range of experiences
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Group Guide
NASA - STS-Ambition - Satellite Launch Pad - Roblox Astute, built in 2021: This Space Shuttle fits six Astronauts Astute often carries Spacelab in its payload, a laboratory for conducting experiments in space It can also carry satellites, such as the Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory, in missions that do not carry Spacelab
- 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
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