ABOUT SPACE SHUTTLE
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). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
PAYLOAD CAPACITY
27,500 kg
TO LEO
60,638 lbs
LIFTOFF THRUST
28,200
KILONEWTONS
6,339,614
POUNDS-FORCE
~37,817
HORSEPOWER
DIMENSIONS
Height56.1 m (184 ft)
Diameter8 m (26.2 ft)
Launch Mass2,030 kg (4,476 lbs)
Stages2
FLIGHT HISTORY
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-135
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-134
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-133
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-117
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-116
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-115
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-121
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-114
Space Shuttle | STS-107 (Columbia)
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-107
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-113
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-112
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-111
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-110
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-109
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