Space Shuttle program - National Air and Space Museum
2023年9月6日 · The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011. It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA. The Space …
Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
The Space Shuttle Discovery flew every kind of mission an orbiter was meant to fly. As a historical object in the Museum's collection, it embodies the 30-year history of U.S. human spaceflight from …
The First Space Shuttle: 40 Years Since STS-1
2021年4月12日 · The legacy of the Space Shuttle program was to some degree built around the results of its very first mission. The reusable spaceplane, the Space Shuttle, ushered in a new era of human …
Space Shuttle Astronauts Tell All - National Air and Space Museum
2023年9月20日 · The space shuttle was the most important program in NASA’s history. The shuttle was not only a groundbreaking spacecraft—a reusable, winged spaceplane—but it gave the United …
Gemini program - National Air and Space Museum
2021年11月19日 · Project Gemini took place between the Mercury program, which was the United States' first human spaceflight program, and the Apollo program, which put the first human on the …
The Soviet Buran Shuttle: One Flight, Long History
2013年11月15日 · This month marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the sole launch of the Soviet space shuttle Buran. The idea of a reusable space plane has existed for decades among space enthusiasts …
Redefining How NASA Gets into Space - National Air and Space Museum
2020年5月26日 · The end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 signaled a time of change for NASA. Not only because its longest operational vehicle was going out of service, but because going to our …
What is the Artemis Program? - National Air and Space Museum
2026年2月2日 · The Space Launch System (SLS) NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is a heavy-lift launch vehicle that can launch astronauts, cargo, and the Orion spacecraft into space from Kennedy …
“General Joe”: Remembering Pilot and Astronaut Joe Engle
2024年7月25日 · Maj. Gen. Joe Engle's experiences as a test pilot of both the X-15 aircraft and Space Shuttle orbiters Enterprise, Columbia, and Discovery made him the first person to ever fly two winged …
Remembering Challenger 25 Years Later - National Air and Space …
2011年1月28日 · The Challenger tragedy triggered expressions of public mourning as people left flowers, flags, and other mementos at sites associated with the space program. Here at the Museum …