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Discovery was the first of the three active Space Shuttles to be retired, completing its final mission on March 9, 2011; Endeavour did so on June 1. The final shuttle mission was completed with the landing of Atlantis on July 21, 2011, closing the 30-year Space Shuttle program.
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.
Sep 1, 2011 · HOUSTON — NASA's space shuttle program came to its official end Wednesday (Aug. 31), just over a month after the final shuttle mission landed on Earth.
Date of First Space Shuttle Launch: April 12, 1981. Date of Final Space Shuttle Launch: July 8, 2011. Number of Space Shuttle Launches: 135. The following information is more or less common to all Space Shuttles. Although the Space Shuttle program was retired in 2011, this information is included here for historic and research purposes.
May 21, 2020 · According to Barry, the decision to end the space shuttle program was made easier in the geopolitical context of 2003-2004 when the United States and Russia were "good allies" and the cost of...
Jul 6, 2011 · The story of the space shuttle. After three decades the shuttle era has ended. With the 135th and final mission touching down on 21 July 2011, we chart some of the highs and lows of its...
