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  2. Space Shuttle - Wikipedia

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    The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from the 1969 plan led by U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew ...

  3. 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.

  4. List of Space Shuttle missions - 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 of which it was the only item funded for development. [1] Operational missions launched numerous satellites , conducted science experiments in orbit, and participated in construction and servicing of the International ...

  5. Linda Ham - Wikipedia

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    Linda Ham addresses the Columbia Accident Investigation Board following the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003. Linda Ham (née Hautzinger) is a former Constellation Program Transition and Technology Infusion Manager at NASA.

  6. Astronaut ranks and positions - Wikipedia

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    Space Shuttle: Commander (CDR) Overall mission success, safety of crew and Shuttle, maneuvered Shuttle with assistance from Pilot. John Young, commander of the first Shuttle mission All Shuttle commanders had prior spaceflight experience. [a] Required a degree in engineering, biological science, physical science, or mathematics.

  7. Kennedy Space Center - Wikipedia

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    The Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen on launch pad 39A at the NASA Kennedy Space Center shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back on November 15, 2009. As the Space Shuttle was being designed, NASA received proposals for building alternative launch-and-landing sites at locations other than KSC, which demanded study.

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  9. Marshall Space Flight Center - Wikipedia

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    From the start of the Shuttle program in 1972, the management and development of Space Shuttle propulsion was a major activity at MSFC. Alex A. McCool, Jr. was the first manager of MSFC's Space Shuttle Projects Office. [citation needed] Throughout 1980, engineers at MSFC participated in tests related to plans to launch the first Space Shuttle.

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