Space Shuttle
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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 a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft where it was the only item funded for development.
The first (STS-1) of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981, leading to operational flights (STS-5) beginning in 1982.
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Space Shuttle STS-45 Launch & Landing March 1992
Outer SpaceSTS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle mission using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Its almost nine-day scientific mission was with a non-deployable payload of instruments. It was the 46th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th for Atlantis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-4598 views -
Space Shuttle Discovery - STS-42 Launch and Landing Jan 1992
Outer SpaceSpace Shuttle Discovery - STS-42 Launch and Landing Discovery lifted off on January 22, 1992 at 9:52:33 EST (14:52:33 UTC) on her 14th flight. The main goal of the mission was to study the effects of microgravity on a variety of organisms. The shuttle landed at 8:07:17 PST (16:07:17 UTC) on January 30, 1992, on Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, California223 views 2 comments -
STS-40 Space Shuttle Launch & Landing (6-5-91)
Outer SpaceSTS-40 launch & landing (6-5-91) STS-40, the eleventh launch of Space Shuttle Columbia, was a nine-day mission in June 1991. It carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated solely to biology. STS-40 was the first spaceflight that included three women crew members199 views 1 comment -
STS-38 launch & landing - 37th space shuttle mission Nov 15, 1990
Outer SpaceSTS-38 launch & landing (11-15-90) STS-38 was a Space Shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the 37th shuttle mission and carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense219 views 1 comment -
STS-37, the 39th NASA Space Shuttle launch and landing April 1991
Outer SpaceSTS-37, the thirty-ninth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), the second of the Great Observatories program which included the visible-spectrum Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) and the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope 4-5-91182 views 3 comments -
STS-36: 34th space shuttle launch & landing (2-28-90)
Outer SpaceSTS-36: 34th space shuttle launch & landing (2-28-90) STS-36 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Atlantis carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) (believed to have been a Misty reconnaissance satellite) into orbit. STS-36 was the 34th shuttle mission overall, the sixth flight for Atlantis, and the fourth night launch of the shuttle program. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 28, 1990, and landed on March 4, 1990.194 views -
33rd Space Shuttle Launch and Landing - Jan 1990 -STS-32
Outer Space33rd Space Shuttle Launch and Landing - Jan 1990 -STS-32 STS-32 was the 33rd mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the ninth launch of Space Shuttle Columbia. Launched on January 9, 1990, it marked the first use of the Launch Complex 39A of Kennedy Space Center since 1986; it also marked the first use of Mobile Launcher Platform-3 (MLP-3) in the Space Shuttle program. STS-32 was, at the time, the longest shuttle mission yet conducted, with a duration of nearly 11 days216 views 2 comments -
31st Space Shuttle Launch and Landing - Oct 1989 -STS-34
Outer SpaceSTS-34 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis. It was the 31st shuttle mission overall, and the fifth flight for Atlantis. STS-34 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1989, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 23, 1989. During the mission, the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe was deployed into space.241 views 1 comment -
STS-29: 28th Spsce Shuttle Launch & Landing (3-13-89)
Outer SpaceSTS-29 was the 28th NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Discovery inserted a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) into Earth orbit. It was the third shuttle mission following the Challenger disaster in 1986, and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on March 13, 1989 More Space Shuttle Videos https://rumble.com/playlists/Ef58RRInJIA433 views
