Space Shuttle program - National Air and Space Museum
Sep 6, 2023 · 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 …
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 …
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 …
LEGO: Shuttle Carrier Aircraft set
May 6, 2025 · The Boeing 747 features an elegant fuselage design, deployable 18-wheel landing gear, and a specialized shuttle mounting system, ready to carry history on its back. Meanwhile, the NASA …
Medal, First Space Shuttle Flight Achievement Award, Sally Ride
This First Shuttle Flight Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride in recognition for her contribution to the sucess of the first orbital space shuttle flight, STS-1.
The First Space Shuttle: 40 Years Since STS-1
Apr 12, 2021 · The legacy of the Space Shuttle program was to some degree built around the results of its very first mission. The reusable spaceplane, the Space Shuttle, ushered in a new era of human …
Kalpana Chawla: The First South Asian American Woman in Space
Feb 1, 2023 · The crew of STS-107, Space Shuttle Columbia ’s 28th and final mission. (Image courtesy of NASA) Chawla posthumously received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and Congressional …
AVIC Cargo shuttle “Haolong”
Oct 30, 2024 · 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 …
Remembering Columbia, Over Fifteen Years Later - National Air and …
Feb 9, 2018 · Over fifteen years after the Columbia tragedy, Michael D. Leinbach, Space Shuttle Launch Director, and Jonathan H. Ward, space historian, look back at the harrowing process of recovering …
Launch Complex 39: From Saturn to Shuttle to SpaceX and SLS
May 22, 2020 · It is the same one used by the last NASA astronauts to launch from American soil, the Space Shuttle Atlantis crew in July 2011. Indeed, Launch Complex 39 A and B have been the site of …