Nasa Space Shuttle Launch
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Nasa space shuttle launch. The stated goals of transforming the space frontier into familiar territory easily accessible for human endeavor 7 was to be achieved by launching as many as 50 missions per year with hopes of driving down per mission costs. Space shuttle atlantis completed the program on july 21 2011 wrapping up the sts 135 mission with a predawn touchdown on the same runway where columbia first arrived more than 30 years earlier. Upcoming launches and landings of crew members to and from the international space station and launches of rockets delivering spacecraft that observe the earth visit other planets and explore the universe.
Shuttle endeavour is silhouetted against the dawn sky as it rolls to launch pad 39a for sts 130 launch preparations. Since the last flight of the space shuttle in 2011 the only way nasa astronauts could get to. Nasa gov brings you the latest images videos and news from america s space agency.
Since the space shuttle s last flight in 2011 nasa has depended entirely on russia s reliable three seat soyuz and the russian space agency s willingness to sell seats albeit at premium prices. The space shuttle program was formally launched on january 5 1972 when president nixon announced that nasa would proceed with the development of a reusable space shuttle system.