Space Transportation System
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Space Transportation System is the formal name for NASA’s Space Shuttle program, which developed and operated reusable spacecraft for human spaceflight and orbital missions from 1981 to 2011.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Space Shuttle orbiter | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA program
ⓘ
human spaceflight program ⓘ reusable spacecraft program ⓘ spaceflight program ⓘ |
| agencyProgramName | Space Transportation System self-link ⓘ |
| component |
External Tank
ⓘ
Solid Rocket Booster ⓘ Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developedBy |
Johnson Space Center
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
|
| endDate | 2011-07-21 ⓘ |
| firstCrewedMission | STS-1 ⓘ |
| firstLaunchDate | 1981-04-12 ⓘ |
| informalName |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| lastLandingDate | 2011-07-21 ⓘ |
| lastMission | STS-135 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| missionDesignationPrefix | STS ⓘ |
| notableAccident |
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
ⓘ
Columbia disaster ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
|
| notableOrbiter |
Space Shuttle Atlantis
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| officialNameOf |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
human spaceflight
ⓘ
orbital missions ⓘ satellite deployment ⓘ space science missions ⓘ space station servicing ⓘ |
| propellantType |
liquid hydrogen
ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| reusabilityFeature |
reusable orbiter
ⓘ
reusable solid rocket boosters ⓘ |
| solidBoosterPropellantType | ammonium perchlorate composite propellant ⓘ |
| startDate | 1981-04-12 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successorProgram | Commercial Crew Program ⓘ |
| successorVehicle |
Starliner spacecraft
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing CST-100 Starliner
Dragon spacecraft ⓘ
surface form:
SpaceX Crew Dragon
|
| usedFor |
Hubble Space Telescope deployment
ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
surface form:
Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions
International Space Station assembly ⓘ |
| vehicleType | partially reusable launch system ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Space Shuttle orbiter