Nasa Space Shuttle Program

Nasa s space shuttle fleet began setting records with its first launch on april 12 1981 and continued to set high marks of achievement and endurance through.
Nasa space shuttle program. The space shuttle fleet leader program simulated the mission duty flights of the orbital maneuvering subsystem shuttle engines to foresee any anomalies prior to actual flights. Nasa s space shuttle fleet began setting records with its first launch on april 12 1981 and continued to set high marks of achievement and endurance through 30 years of missions. Space shuttle nasa. The space shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the national aeronautics and space administration nasa which accomplished routine transportation for earth to orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
The shuttle program has built the largest space station in history has revolutionized science with the hubble space telescope and has inspired a generation to dream of space shannon said. Tech science nasa spacex columbia space exploration since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011 nasa has relied on the russian soyuz spacecraft to ferry its astronauts to and from the. Between the first launch on april 12 1981 and the final landing on july 21 2011 nasa s space shuttle fleet columbia challenger discovery atlantis and endeavour flew 135 missions helped construct the international space station and inspired generations.