: Flew the final mission of the program (STS-135) in July 2011.
The Space Shuttle, officially known as the , was the world’s first partially reusable spacecraft, operating from 1981 to 2011. Over 30 years, the program flew 135 missions , launched 355 people from 16 countries, and traveled more than 542 million miles. The Space Shuttle
: The "workhorse" of the fleet, it flew 39 missions, including the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. : Flew the final mission of the program
: Known for carrying the first American woman and African American into space; destroyed 73 seconds after liftoff in 1986. : The "workhorse" of the fleet, it flew
: Built as a replacement for Challenger, it completed 25 missions, including the first service mission for Hubble.
: The first shuttle to fly into space in 1981; tragically lost during re-entry in 2003.
40 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Enterprise rolls to the Pad - NASA