Both the Challenger and Columbia Shuttles and their crews were lost in accidents in 19, respectively. NASAs space shuttle was unlike any other spacecraft built during the 30 years the program was in operation. and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. The Shuttle's orange external tank held tanks filled with liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.Īfter lifting a number of satellites into orbit, including the Hubble Space Telescope, and facilitating the construction of the International Space Station, NASA's Space Shuttle program ended in 2011. The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system. The Space Shuttle's three RS-25 engines and two solid rocket boosters generated 7.8 million pounds of thrust and could hoist a maximum payload of 55,250 pounds into orbit. The 184-foot-long Space Shuttle was designed to carry seven passengers and could haul up to NASA ordered a total of five Space Shuttle orbiters: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavor. The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (Space Shuttle SRB) was the first solid-propellant rocket to be used for primary propulsion on a vehicle used for human spaceflight and provided 85 of the Space Shuttles thrust at liftoff and for the first two minutes of ascent. NASA's Space Shuttle, which consisted of a crew-carrying orbiter, an external tank, and two solid rocket boosters, was the world's first reusable spacecraft. On July 8, 2011, the shuttle Atlantis thundered into history on the 135th and final launch of Americas Space Transportation System after 31 years of service.
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