All Space Shuttles
Space shuttle also called space transportation system partially reusable rocket launched vehicle designed to go into orbit around earth to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft and to glide to a runway landing on its return to earth s surface that was developed by the u s.
All space shuttles. National aeronautics and space administration nasa. Space shuttle design and development. Formally called the space transportation system sts it lifted off into space for the first time on april 12 1981 and made 135 flights.
Nasa s space shuttle fleet began setting records with its first launch on april 12 1981 and continued to set high marks of achievement and endurance through 30 years of missions. Payload multi purpose logistics module mplm raffaello final flight of atlantis final flight of the space shuttle program. Specific shuttle missions were therefore designated with the prefix sts.
The space shuttle was the first operational orbital spacecraft designed for reuse. Profiles of all five orbiters at launch. Initially the launches were given sequential numbers indicating order of launch such as sts 7 subsequent to the apollo 13 mishap due to nasa administrator james m.