National aeronautics and space administration (nasa) as part of the space shuttle program. It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the united states and nasa 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
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It was developed by nasa and made 135 spaceflights between 1981 and 2011.
While shuttles don’t fly anymore, they proved that it was possible to launch and land vehicles that went beyond earth’s atmosphere, even if there were tragedies along that path of learning
Below you’ll find a guide to each of the space shuttle. The space shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011
