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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 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
Space Shuttle Launch Pad 39A with Challenger STS-6 (1:144) To the prehistory: After conclusion the NASA Shuttle program last summer with the last Atlantis-Mission (STS-135), I dedicate my first real space modeling project to the beginning the legendary space shuttle era before more than 30 years I was inspired to this major project by similar space modeling projects in the German forum Raumfahrer net
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
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
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
Shuttle Tile identification - NASASpaceFlight. com A part of NASA's on-going efforts to "preserve the shuttle program's history and inspire the next generation of space explorers, scientists and engineers," the heat shield tile offer comes as the space agency is preparing to retire its orbiter fleet next year Two more missions are scheduled, with a third pending Congressional funding "