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- 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
- [UPDATES] NASA Space Shuttle Recreation - Roblox
NASA National Aeronautics Space Administration NASA National Aeronautics Space Administration is a group on Roblox owned by FlightVector with 13068 members
- Sleepaway Camp, But Make It Space - National Air and Space Museum
The Space and Rocket Center team collaborated with experts from NASA and the aerospace industry, as well as educators, to develop the first Space Camp curriculum It included classroom lessons on the history of spaceflight and hands-on activities, such as building and launching model rockets
- Coca-Cola Can, STS 51-F - National Air and Space Museum
In 1984, researchers for Coca Cola had an idea about dispensing carbonated beverages in space to give astronauts more choices to drink and also to create a stellar advertising opportunity The company developed a can that would work in weightlessness to keep the cola fizzy without spewing out of the can NASA agreed to let the astronauts try the Coke device on a Shuttle flight When Pepsi
- The First Space Stations - National Air and Space Museum
Only the Space Shuttle won favor and funding, and even that decision was controversial When the last two Apollo missions were canceled, NASA used some of the remaining Apollo hardware for an experimental space station, Skylab, as an interim program before the Shuttle was ready to fly
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