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  2. List of Space Shuttle missions - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. List of Space Shuttle crews - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of persons who served aboard Space Shuttle crews, arranged in chronological order by Space Shuttle missions. Abbreviations: PC = Payload Commander; MSE = USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer; Mir = Launched to be part of the crew of the Mir Space Station; ISS = Launched to be part of the crew of the International Space Station.

  4. Space Shuttle - Wikipedia

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    The Space Shuttle external tank (ET) carried the propellant for the Space Shuttle Main Engines, and connected the orbiter vehicle with the solid rocket boosters. The ET was 47 m (153.8 ft) tall and 8.4 m (27.6 ft) in diameter, and contained separate tanks for liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.

  5. Space Shuttle program - Wikipedia

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    Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft where it was the only item funded for development, as a proposed nuclear shuttle in the plan was cancelled in 1972. [1] [2] It flew 135 missions and carried 355 astronauts from 16 countries, many on multiple trips.

  6. List of Space Shuttle landing sites - Wikipedia

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    Columbia (STS-3) landing on Northrop Strip at White Sands Space Harbor, 30 March 1982, flanked by two T-38 chase planes. White Sands Space Harbor at White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico was an emergency landing site for the Space Shuttle and was used as a backup when the runways at Edwards Air Force Base and the Kennedy Space Center were ...

  7. Category:Space Shuttle missions - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Space Shuttle missions" The following 141 pages are in this category, out of 141 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *

  8. Category:Space Shuttle program - Wikipedia

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    List of Space Shuttle landing sites; Laser Dynamic Range Imager; Launch Complex 39 Press Site; Shuttle-derived vehicle; LI-900; MV Liberty Star; List of Space Shuttle crews; List of Space Shuttle rollbacks

  9. Category:Space Shuttle program astronauts - Wikipedia

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    The main articles for this category are Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle program, and List of Space Shuttle crews. The Space Shuttle program conducted flights between 1981 and 2011. The Space Shuttle program conducted flights between 1981 and 2011.