The Space Shuttle
The space shuttle was like a moving van.
The space shuttle. The space shuttle was also like a science lab. National aeronautics and space administration nasa. A testimony to nasa s ingenuity and a warning of its occasional bureaucratic mistakes the shuttles will be long remembered as the workhorses of the u s.
Space program their legacy illustrated by over five hundred color photos collected in space shuttle. 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. One odd incident concerning this is claimed to have happened during a fateful space shuttle mission during which according to some aliens crashed the party and ruined everything.
It took satellites to space so they could orbit earth. On february 25 1996 space shuttle columbia was engaged with mission sts 75 the 75th space transportation system mission flown by nasa s four space shuttles. The shuttle carried large parts into space to build the international space station.
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.