Space Shuttle orbiter

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crewed spacecraft orbital spaceplane reusable spacecraft winged spacecraft

The Space Shuttle orbiter was NASA’s reusable winged spacecraft that carried astronauts and cargo to and from low Earth orbit as part of the Space Shuttle program.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Space Shuttle 2
NASA Space Shuttle orbiter 1
Space Shuttle (for NASA crew transport role) 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crewed spacecraft ⓘ
orbital spaceplane ⓘ
reusable spacecraft ⓘ
winged spacecraft ⓘ
countryOfOperator United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewCapacity up to 8 astronauts ⓘ
firstOperationalFlight STS-5 with Columbia ⓘ
firstOrbiterName Columbia ⓘ
hasComponent Orbital Maneuvering System pods ⓘ
Space Shuttle Main Engines ⓘ
crew cabin ⓘ
landing gear ⓘ
payload bay ⓘ
thermal protection system ⓘ
vertical stabilizer ⓘ
wings ⓘ
landingMethod runway landing ⓘ
landingSites Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
White Sands Space Harbor (former Shuttle landing site) ⓘ
surface form: White Sands Space Harbor
launchConfiguration flanked by two Solid Rocket Boosters ⓘ
mounted to External Tank ⓘ
manufacturer Rockwell International ⓘ
Rockwell International ⓘ
surface form: Rockwell International Space Division
notableAccident Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ
surface form: Challenger disaster

Columbia disaster ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
otherOrbiterName Atlantis ⓘ
Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
surface form: Challenger

Discovery ⓘ
Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ
surface form: Endeavour
partOf Space Shuttle ⓘ
payloadBayDiameter about 4.6 meters ⓘ
payloadBayLength about 18.3 meters ⓘ
program NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
programStart 1970s ⓘ
propulsionType Orbital Maneuvering System ⓘ
Reaction Control System ⓘ
liquid-fueled main engines ⓘ
reentryMethod gliding unpowered reentry ⓘ
retirementReason end of Space Shuttle program ⓘ
reusability designed for multiple flights ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
testVehicleName Enterprise ⓘ
typicalCrewSize 5 to 7 astronauts ⓘ
typicalOrbit low Earth orbit ⓘ
usedFor International Space Station logistics ⓘ
Spacelab missions ⓘ
microgravity research ⓘ
satellite deployment ⓘ
satellite servicing ⓘ
space station assembly ⓘ
transporting astronauts to low Earth orbit ⓘ
transporting cargo to low Earth orbit ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spacelab missions → carriedIn → Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle payload bay
Space Transportation System → component → Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
NASA spacecraft → includes → Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle orbiters
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle
Rockwell International → notableProduct → Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
STS-135 → spacecraftType → Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
Dragon spacecraft → successorTo → Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle (for NASA crew transport role)
Canadarm → usedOnVehicle → Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
this entity surface form: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter
Space Shuttle Main Engines → usedOnVehicle → Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
Spacelab missions → usedVehicle → Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster → vehicleType → Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ