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29 Μαρ 2023 · The Solar Maximum Mission, or “SolarMax,” was lofted into space by a Delta rocket Feb. 14, 1980, embarking on a flight to study our sun during the peak of the solar cycle. The first launch of the space shuttle on April 12, 1981, became an iconic moment for NASA and for the nation.
28 Ιαν 2011 · The early history of Challenger is arguable the most complex of the six Shuttle orbiters (Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour) constructed by NASA in the...
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. [ 1 ]
The first goal of the Space Shuttle program was to provide NASA with an efficient, re-usable method of carrying astronauts to and from a permanently manned space station. At the time, NASA envisioned a space station which would be staffed by 12 to 24 people.
28 Αυγ 2021 · A sweep of 1970s NASA images reveals treasures chronicling the early development of the Space Shuttle program, which required the agency’s centers and workforce to devise new approaches in testing a vehicle that functioned as part rocket, part cargo ship, part science lab, and part airplane.
5 Μαΐ 2021 · Image Article. Stennis focused on testing every space shuttle main engine used in flight during the 1980s. As an indication of the level of activity underway, the site conducted the 1,000th hot fire of a space shuttle main engine in 1988.
