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29 Μαρ 2023 · During the 1980s, Kennedy Space Center made a critical shift in focus. Instead of moving relatively quickly from one human spaceflight program to another, as in the fast-paced 1960s and 1970s, the spaceport’s workforce and facilities now were geared toward preparing and launching a revolutionary new spacecraft that would further advance our ...
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.
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 1970s,...
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 ]
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 · 60th Anniversary Gallery: 1980s. NASA. May 05, 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.
After two decades, NASA s Space Shuttle remains the most highly visible symbol of American technological capability worldwide. There are several important legacies from the Space Shuttle program that should be considered on the twentieth anniversary of that first orbital flight.
