Plans for the space shuttle started in 1970 with the first orbiter, Enterprise, debuting in 1976. Key events included the first American woman, Sally Ride, going to space in 1983, the Challenger explosion in 1986 due to an O-ring failure, and the Columbia disaster in 2003 when heat tiles were damaged on launch. The last space shuttle launch was in 2011, ending the 30-year program.

3. In 1976 first orbiter spacecraft (Enterprise) came out

4. Longest time in space 17.5 days most people was 8

5. 1983 June 8th first woman was in space

6. July 1999 First Mission commanded by a woman

7. A space shuttle (Challenger ) exploded, and so did Columbia

9. Launches like a rocket, maneuvers in Earth orbit like a spacecraft, and lands like an airplane

10. Designed to fly at least 100 missions

11. 3 main parts: Orbiter (houses the crew), Large external fuel tank ( holds fuel for main engines, and it burns up in the atmosphere after each launch), and the Two solid rocket boosters (provides most of the shuttle’s life during the first two minutes)

12. Has a robotic arm so the crews can move large objects and it helps them with their spacewalks

14. Flight deck: Shuttle cockpit on the top deck

15. Equipment Bay: smaller lower deck can’t go there unless floor panels of the middeck are lifted

17. First stage Ascent: after 2 minutes, shuttle is 45 kilometers and traveling 4,900 kilometers per hr. Booster casing are jettisoned, and gets parachuted into the Atlantic Ocean, recovered by special NASA ships to be refilled with fuel

20. First US woman went into space – Sally Ride

21. Mission: Communications Satellite Launch

23. Bad weathering caused multiple rescheduling

24. The night before the launch was really cold

25. .678 seconds into flight a strong puff of gray smoke could be seen near right solid rocket booster

26. 37 seconds it encountered first of several high-altitude wind sheer conditions

27. 72 seconds a series of events occurred which terminated the flight

28. They were traveling at Mach 2 at altitude of 46,00 0feet

29. Shuttle got enveloped in an explosive burn , claimed vehicle, and crew

30. Cause was due to an o-ring failure in right rocket booster, cold weather was the contributing factor

31. Crew:Commander Francis R. Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Mission Specialists Judith A. Resnik, Ellison S. Onizuka, Ronald E. McNair and Payload Specialists Gregory B. Jarvis and Sharon Christa McAuliffe

33. Mission : Chandra X-Ray Observatory

34. Crew: Commander Eileen M. Collins, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby, Mission Specialists Steven A. Hawley, Catherine G. Coleman and Michel Tognini.

35. January 16th 2003

36. International scientific space flight, didn’t go to the ISS

37. During launch a piece of foam appeared to hit the orbiter

38. Reentry a temperature sensor went off

39. Piece of foam had damaged heat tiles

40. Crew and orbiter were lost over Texas

41. About 85,000 pieces of debris were shipped to KSC but that was only 38% of the shuttle

42. Mission: Migrogravity Research Mission/SPACEHAB

44. Mission: First International Space Station Flight

45. Crew: Commander Robert D. Cabana, Pilot Frederick W. Sturckow, Mission Specialists Nancy J. Currie, Jerry L. Ross, James H. Newman and Sergei K. Krikalev.

46. Launched: December 4, 1998

47. Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

50. (NASA, 2008)

51. (Diller, 2010)

52. (Collection, 1983)

53. (NASA, NASA Images, 2009)

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