Space Shuttle program - National Air and Space Museum
Sep 6, 2023 · The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011. It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA. The Space …
Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
The Space Shuttle Discovery flew every kind of mission an orbiter was meant to fly. As a historical object in the Museum's collection, it embodies the 30-year history of U.S. human spaceflight from …
The First Space Shuttle: 40 Years Since STS-1
Apr 12, 2021 · The legacy of the Space Shuttle program was to some degree built around the results of its very first mission. The reusable spaceplane, the Space Shuttle, ushered in a new era of human …
Forty Years of Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Aug 30, 2024 · In total, six of unique Space Shuttle orbiters were built but Discovery stands out with the greatest flight history record: 39 missions and 365 total days spent in space. That’s quite a feat for …
The Soviet Buran Shuttle: One Flight, Long History
Nov 15, 2013 · This month marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the sole launch of the Soviet space shuttle Buran. The idea of a reusable space plane has existed for decades among space enthusiasts …
Space Shuttle: The End of An Era - National Air and Space Museum
Aug 10, 2011 · To fulfill its variety of missions, the versatile space shuttle required crews with more skills and abilities than piloting, thus opening opportunities for scientists, engineers, women, and people of …
Space Shuttle Astronauts Tell All - National Air and Space Museum
Sep 20, 2023 · The space shuttle was the most important program in NASA’s history. The shuttle was not only a groundbreaking spacecraft—a reusable, winged spaceplane—but it gave the United …
Gemini program - National Air and Space Museum
Nov 19, 2021 · Project Gemini took place between the Mercury program, which was the United States' first human spaceflight program, and the Apollo program, which put the first human on the Moon. …
Apollo program - National Air and Space Museum
Dec 9, 2022 · Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis Explore other subtopics Spacecraft Human spaceflight Space Shuttle program Space stations Gemini program Apollo program Mercury program …
“General Joe”: Remembering Pilot and Astronaut Joe Engle
Jul 25, 2024 · Maj. Gen. Joe Engle's experiences as a test pilot of both the X-15 aircraft and Space Shuttle orbiters Enterprise, Columbia, and Discovery made him the first person to ever fly two winged …