Space Shuttle Discovery (4724 bytes)
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2: ...icle Designation]]: OV-103) is a [[NASA]] [[Space Shuttle]].
4: ... and International Space Station ([[International Space Station|ISS]]) assembly missions.
6: ...covery'']], the spaceship from the film [[2001: A Space Odyssey]].
11: [[Image:shuttle-discovery.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Rollout of the or...

Space Shuttle Atlantis (5572 bytes)
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2: ...ttle built and [[as of 2004]] is one of the three shuttles remaining in the fleet.
6: ...ater construction of the fifth shuttle, ''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''.
8: [[image:shuttle-atlantis.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Shuttle orbiter ''Atlantis'' landing in 1997]]
11: ...even straight flights to the [[Russia|Russian]] [[space station]] [[Mir]]. On the second Mir flight it de...

Space Shuttle Endeavour (3827 bytes)
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2: ...05) is the fifth and most recent [[NASA]] [[space shuttle]] to be built.
4: ...ace Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]'' and ''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]'' were used in its assembly.
6: ...vered the [[Unity Module]] to the [[International Space Station]].
11: ...ttle Endeavour on launchpad.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Shuttle Endeavour on launchpad. Photo courtesy of NASA]]

Space Shuttle Columbia (7340 bytes)
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2: ...esignation]]: '''OV-102''') was the first [[space shuttle]] in [[NASA]]'s orbital fleet, first flying missi...
5: [[Image:Shuttle-columbia.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Shuttle Columbia makes its 18th landing. November 5, 1995...
7: ...nch. However, before its first mission, [[List_of_space_disasters#Ground_crew_fatalities|three workers we...
9: ...[Robert Crippen]], a rookie who had never been in space before, but who served as a support crew member f...

Space Shuttle Enterprise (9308 bytes)
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2: ...n launch configuration 20 months before the first Shuttle launch. Photo courtesy of [[NASA]].]]
3: ... for refit to replace ''Challenger'', but [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] was built from spares instead.
5: ... Enterprise has never been fitted for launch into space.
7: [[Image:Space Shuttle Enterprise.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Enterprise banks...

Space Shuttle Challenger (3441 bytes)
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2: ...ent during a mission, the other being the [[Space Shuttle Columbia]].
5: [[Image:shuttle-challenger.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Challenger's rol...
6: ...Challenger'' flew 10 flights, spent 62.41-days in space, completed 995 orbits, and flew 25,803,940 miles ...
17: First [[spacewalk]] during a space shuttle mission.

Space Shuttle program (36566 bytes)
1: [[Image:Shuttle.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NAS...
2: ...paceflight|manned]] [[launch vehicle]]. The Space Shuttle was manufactured by [[North American Rockwell]], ...
4: ...en; it is, however, an important use of the Space Shuttle in the context of the ISS program, as only very s...
6: Each shuttle was designed for a projected lifespan of 100 laun...
10: ...example, further service missions to the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] (HST) are impractical, because the Or...

Space Shuttle Pathfinder (1215 bytes)
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2: [[Image:Space Shuttle Pathfinder.jpg|150px|left|Pathfinder]]
3: ...ow? --> and is presently on display at the [[U.S. Space & Rocket Center]] in [[Huntsville, Alabama]].
6: * [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/orbiters.html Orbiter Vehicles...
7: ...sa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/pathfinder.html Shuttle Test Article Pathfinder]

Space Shuttle external tank (10121 bytes)
1: ...eexternaltank.jpg|thumb|220px|Diagram of '''Space Shuttle External Tank''' showing internal structure]]
2: ...ree [[space shuttle main engine]]s in the [[space shuttle orbiter|orbiter]] during lift-off and ascent. Whe...
5: The ET is the largest element of the space shuttle, and when loaded the heaviest. It is 153.8 [[fee...
10: ...ng data from ground tests and the first few space shuttle missions was assessed, the anti- geyser line was ...
34: ...can open during flight when the [[ullage]] (empty space) pressure of the liquid hydrogen tank reaches 38 ...

List of space shuttle missions (24698 bytes)
1: [[Image:Shuttle-columbia.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Columbia'']]
3: ...o.gif|20px| ]]) flew one unmanned flight of the [[Shuttle Buran|''Buran'']].
5: ==Naming in the US Space Shuttle program==
6: ...digit indicating the launch site (1 was [[Kennedy Space Center]] and 2 was [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]],...
10: ==List of shuttle flights==

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (22824 bytes)
3: ... loss of a Space Shuttle, the first being [[Space Shuttle Challenger|''Challenger'']] (see [[STS-51-L]] for...
7: ...during the first docking with the [[International Space Station]].
11: ...ce engineering|aerospace engineer]] on her second space mission.
17: ...well-publicized launch delay due to cracks in the shuttle's propellant system occurred one month before a [...
19: ...9 seconds after launch and appeared to strike the shuttle's left wing near [[RCC]] panels 5 through 9. Soo...

Space shuttle main engine (12321 bytes)
1: [[Image:SSME1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Space Shuttle Main Engine block]]
2: ...ent, in addition to the two more powerful [[Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster|Solid Rocket Boosters]]. Ea...
4: The Space Shuttle's [[rocket engine]]s are capable of operating at ...
14: [[Image:SSME3.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Space Shuttle Main Engine test firing]]
24: [[Image:SSME2.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Space Shuttle Main Engines undergoing an overhaul in the Vehicl...

Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter sim) (431 bytes)
1: ...d distribution]] of [[Orbiter (sim) | Orbiter]] [[space flight simulator]] (a [[closed source]], [[freewa...

Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (28958 bytes)
1: ...a launch configuration, two SRBs plus the [[space shuttle main engine]] combine to produce more thrust than...
5: ... launch. They are ignited after the three [[space shuttle main engine]]s' thrust level is verified. The two...
9: ...otal lift-off mass. The [[propellant]] for each [[spacecraft propulsion|solid rocket motor]] weighs appro...
85: ...e main engines and the two SRB nozzles to control shuttle attitude and trajectory during lift- off and asce...
114: ...; the two T-0 umbilicals (one on each side of the spacecraft) are retracted; the onboard master timing un...

Shuttle-PB (4983 bytes)
1: {{Infobox Orbitersim Spacecraft|name=Shuttle-PB
2: |pic1_file=Orbiter sim Shuttle-Pb.jpg
3: ...e-PB over [[Habana Spaceport (Orbiter sim)|Habana Spaceport]]
4: |pic2_file=Orbiter sim Shuttle-Pb.jpg
5: ...e-PB over [[Habana Spaceport (Orbiter sim)|Habana Spaceport]]

Shuttle-A2 (4074 bytes)
1: ... standard-issue [[Shuttle-A]] for the [[Orbiter]] space flight simulator. The source of the project in ve...
3: The Shuttle was designed primarily for low gravity/low atmosh...
8: ...3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|Shuttle-A
83: Shuttle-A2 is not capable of horizontal take-off and land...
85: ...een a major improvement over the standard-issue [[Shuttle-A]]. Version 1.0 featured:

Shuttle (1257 bytes)
1: A '''shuttle''', in general, is something which travels back a...
5: * the [[Space Shuttle]],
6: ...bus and a taxi. Also, the vehicle or route of the shuttle.
7: * [[Le Shuttle]], the car carrying trains used in the [[Channel ...
8: * a [[shuttlecock]], the object batted back and forth in [[badm...

Shuttle-A (6494 bytes)
2: ...3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|Shuttle-A
4: |colspan="3" align="center"|[[Image:Shuttle A.jpg|294px|]]
76: !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="3"|Origional Shuttle-A (lifting off)
78: |colspan="3" align="center"|[[Image:Shuttle A old.jpg|294px|]]
81: ...e technologies beyond the reach of the modern aerospace industry its propolusion system has a very low fu...

Shuttle tanker (851 bytes)
1: A '''shuttle tanker''' is a ship designed for oil transport fr...
3: Shuttle tankers initially started operating in the [[Nort...

Shuttle by United (3740 bytes)
1: ...t Coast of the United States]]. It provided [[air shuttle]] service between [[San Francisco International A...
9: ... In the late 1990s the name was changed to United Shuttle.
11: ...ate staffing. In [[2000]], two out of every three shuttle flights between SFO and LAX were delayed or cance...
13: ...rialized to justify the separate operation of the Shuttle, and it was folded back into mainline United.
15: ...red [[bankruptcy]] and hinted at a revival of the Shuttle. Instead, it created a leisure destination carrie...

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