Us Space Shuttle

During the 1950s the united states air force proposed using a reusable piloted glider to.
Us space shuttle. Space shuttle missions have included. Ov 102 was the first space rated orbiter in nasa s space shuttle fleet. Space shuttle design and development. As humanity s first reusable spacecraft the space shuttle pushed the bounds of discovery ever farther requiring not only advanced technologies but the tremendous effort of a vast workforce.
Shuttle enterprise lifted into dynamic stand oct. The space shuttle columbia orbiter vehicle designation. Sts 68 launches sept. The space shuttle columbia disaster was a fatal incident in the united states space program that occurred on february 1 2003 when the space shuttle columbia ov 102 disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere killing all seven crew members.
Six months until the sts 1 launch. It launched for the first time on mission sts 1 on april 12 1981 the first flight of the space shuttle program. National aeronautics and space administration nasa. The shuttle was used as a tool to test out space station operations principally by bringing americans to the former soviet space station mir to perform long duration missions side by side with.
The space shuttle was the first operational orbital spacecraft designed for reuse. Shuttle fleet left mark in space hearts. Science astronomy crystal growth space physics science astronomy crystal growth space physics construction of the international space station iss crew rotation and servicing of mir and the international space station iss. Sts 51j first flight of space shuttle atlantis.