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Space Shuttle program
NASA's Space Shuttle program, officially called Space Transportation System , was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011...
Timeline of Events
1981
11.12.1981
Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
1982
3.30.1982
Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of ''Columbia'' at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
1983
6.18.1983
Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
1984
2.3.1984
Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.
2.7.1984
Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
1986
1.12.1986
Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61C as a Mission Specialist.
1.28.1986
Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission – Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.
1989
8.8.1989
Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission – Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
1990
4.24.1990
STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle ''Discovery''. thumb lifts off, carrying Hubble into orbit.]]
11.15.1990
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' launches with flight STS-38.
1993
1.13.1993
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
12.2.1993
Space Shuttle program: STS-61
1995
2.9.1995
Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
6.29.1995
Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (''Atlantis'' docks with the Russian space station ''Mir'' for the first time.)
1996
1.11.1996
Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of ''Endeavour''.
2005
7.26.2005
Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of ''Discovery'', NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the ''Columbia'' Disaster in 2003.
2006
7.4.2006
Space Shuttle program: STS-121 Mission – Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' launches at 18:37:55 UTC.