The Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed in flight during the STS-51-L mission in 1986. The shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the tragic loss of all seven crew members aboard.
The maiden flight of the first space shuttle, Columbia, was on April 12, 1981. (On February 1, 2003, following its 28th space flight, Columbia was destroyed during reentry, with the loss of its crew of seven astronauts.)
The space shuttle program began with the flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.
The second Shuttle into orbit was the Challenger in April, 1993; the first was Columbia in April, 1981.Ironically, both were destroyed in flight: Challenger on Takeoff in 1986, Columbia on landing in 2003.
The American space shuttle that goes into orbit is named the Space Shuttle. The fleet of space shuttles included vehicles such as Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
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The Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed in flight during the STS-51-L mission in 1986. The shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the tragic loss of all seven crew members aboard.
The maiden flight of the first space shuttle, Columbia, was on April 12, 1981. (On February 1, 2003, following its 28th space flight, Columbia was destroyed during reentry, with the loss of its crew of seven astronauts.)
The space shuttle program began with the flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.
The second Shuttle into orbit was the Challenger in April, 1993; the first was Columbia in April, 1981.Ironically, both were destroyed in flight: Challenger on Takeoff in 1986, Columbia on landing in 2003.
The American space shuttle that goes into orbit is named the Space Shuttle. The fleet of space shuttles included vehicles such as Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
Space Shuttle Challenger, on January 28, 1986, tragically broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, leading to the loss of all seven crew members.
The space shuttle Columbia completed 27 successful space flights, not including its final flight whereupon it was destroyed in the Earth's atmosphere. It was the only shuttle apart from the Challenger never to dock with the Mir Space Station or the International Space Station.
The first space shuttle flight was in 1981. The space shuttle program ended in 2011 with the final flight of the shuttle Atlantis.
Atlantis was the space shuttle used on STS-38. However, this was the 37th actual flight of the shuttle system. The 38th flight was on mission STS-39, which was flown by the shuttle Discovery.
The average cost of a space shuttle mission is $450 million
The first space shuttle developed by NASA was the Space Shuttle Enterprise, which never flew in space and was used for atmospheric flight tests. The first space shuttle to reach space was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981.