Missions and Programs
Space Shuttle Program
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NASA's program of reusable crewed spacecraft, flying 135 missions between 1981 and 2011. It built the International Space Station, serviced the Hubble Space Telescope, and suffered two fatal accidents, Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.
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Mission TypeReusable crewed spacecraft program 1 Launch DateFirst flight, STS-1. End DateFinal landing, STS-135. OutcomeRetired after 135 missions; two orbiters, Challenger and Columbia, were lost with all crew, leading to major safety redesigns after each accident. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Maxime Faget, Pioneers Contributed to the basic aerodynamic shape of the Space Shuttle.
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1. NASA History Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Wikimedia FoundationCrewed By: Eileen Collins, Eileen Collins, lead paragraph sectionQuote, Crewed By: Eileen Collins, Eileen Collins, lead paragraph section
the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle
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Wikimedia FoundationCrewed By: Mae Jemison, Mae Jemison, lead paragraph sectionQuote, Crewed By: Mae Jemison, Mae Jemison, lead paragraph section
aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992
Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationCrewed By: Chris Hadfield, Chris Hadfield, Career sectionQuote, Crewed By: Chris Hadfield, Chris Hadfield, Career section
Hadfield performed two spacewalks
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Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Maxime Faget, Maxime Faget, lead section
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