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Canceled Missions

Canceled Missions is explored here through 3 archived missions, from Orbital Space Plane through Terra GEODE, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.

Missions: 3
People: 0
Vehicles: 3

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Canceled Missions spacecraft

3 mission-specific spacecraft and test articles, plus 0 launch systems and shared hardware records.

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Planned human-observation terrain-analysis experimentNot flown

Terra GEODE Shuttle payload concept

Terra GEODE—Geology from Earth Orbit Demonstration and Evaluation—was a U.

Planned crew transfer and rescue spacecraftNot flown

Orbital Space Plane concept

The Orbital Space Plane was a NASA concept for crew rescue and transportation between Earth and the International Space Station using an expendable launch vehicle.

Planned modular space stationNot launched as designed

Space Station Freedom

Space Station Freedom was NASA's 1980s and early-1990s permanently crewed station program.