NASA Space Shuttle program

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The NASA Space Shuttle program was the United States' reusable spacecraft initiative that operated from 1981 to 2011, enabling routine human spaceflight, satellite deployment, and International Space Station construction and servicing.

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instanceOf human spaceflight program
space transportation system
cargoBayDiameter 4.6 meters
cargoBayLength 18.3 meters
Challenger disaster occurred on 1986-01-28
Columbia disaster occurred on 2003-02-01
component Space Shuttle Discovery
surface form: External Tank

Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint
surface form: Solid Rocket Booster

Space Transportation System
surface form: Space Shuttle orbiter
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewCapacity up to 7 astronauts
crewModule pressurized crew cabin
developedBy Martin Marietta
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

Rockwell International
Thiokol
enabledTechnology large payload return to Earth
on-orbit construction
satellite retrieval and repair
endTime 2011
firstCrewedFlight STS-1
firstLaunchDate 1981-04-12
followedBy Commercial Crew Program
Space Launch System
surface form: Space Launch System program
fundingAgency United States Congress
inception 1972
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
White Sands Missile Range
surface form: White Sands Space Harbor
lastLaunchDate 2011-07-08
lastMission STS-135
launchMass about 2,000,000 kilograms
nonReusableComponent external tank
notableAccident Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
surface form: Challenger disaster

Columbia disaster
notableMission STS-1
STS-107
STS-114
STS-135
STS-41B
STS-51L
STS-61
STS-88
officialName Space Transportation System
operator NASA
orbitInclinationRange 28.5 to 57 degrees
politicalContext Cold War
post-Apollo era
precededBy Apollo program
primaryLaunchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
propulsion Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint
surface form: Solid Rocket Boosters

Space Shuttle Main Engines
purpose microgravity research
reusable crewed spaceflight
satellite deployment
space station construction
space station servicing
reusabilityFeature reusable orbiter
reusable solid rocket boosters
safetyReview Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Rogers Commission investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
surface form: Rogers Commission
shortName NASA Space Shuttle program self-linksurface differs
surface form: STS program
spacecraftType partially reusable launch system
winged orbiter with solid rocket boosters and external tank
startTime 1981
totalAstronautsFlown over 350
totalMissions 135
totalOrbits over 20,000
totalPeopleFlown over 800
totalTimeInSpace over 1300 days
trainingCenter Johnson Space Center
usedFor Department of Defense missions
Hubble Space Telescope deployment
Hubble Space Telescope
surface form: Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions

International Space Station assembly
International Space Station resupply
Spacelab missions

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White Sands Space Harbor (former Shuttle landing site) builtFor NASA Space Shuttle program
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this entity surface form: Space Shuttle program
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this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Program
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this entity surface form: Space Shuttle program
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this entity surface form: Space Shuttle program
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this entity surface form: Space Shuttle program
Spacelab 2 partOf NASA Space Shuttle program
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Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 3 program NASA Space Shuttle program
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SLF associatedWithProgram NASA Space Shuttle program
subject surface form: Shuttle Landing Facility
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle program