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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...
- Discovery in Historic Touch-Down
The most-travelled of America's space shuttles, Discovery,...
- Endeavour Makes Last Touch-Down
Space shuttle Endeavour has brought its 19-year operational...
- Space Shuttle Makes Final Landing
Space shuttle Atlantis has landed back on Earth, bringing to...
- Retirement Ushers in New Era
The Atlantis shuttle returned from space on Thursday,...
- The Darker View of Shuttles' End
Space shuttle: The darker view of the end of an era....
- Viewpoint
The space shuttle succeeded in its missions and did...
- Shuttle Launch
The space shuttle's thrust at lift off comes from those two...
- In Pictures
Nasa's first space shuttle Colombia took to the skies on 12...
- Discovery in Historic Touch-Down
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.
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.
Jul 8, 2021 · The final space shuttle mission, STS-135, the last flight of the orbiter Atlantis, lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on July 8, 2011. The main objectives for astronauts Ferguson, Hurley, Magnus, and Walheim included transferring supplies and spare parts to the space station and delivering a large ...
Jul 6, 2011 · On July 8 the Atlantis orbiter is scheduled to launch on the final mission of the space shuttle program. The program has spanned nearly 40 years, as well as eight presidential...
Nov 12, 2020 · On May 30, 2020, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, marking the first crewed spaceflight...
Jun 2, 2023 · The Space Shuttle was the world’s first reusable spacecraft, and the first spacecraft in history that can carry large satellites both to and from orbit. The Shuttle launches like a rocket, maneuvers in Earth orbit like a spacecraft and lands like an airplane.
