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Space Shuttle
The complete Shuttle flight archive joins 16 Enterprise Approach and Landing Test events with all 135 orbital missions flown by Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour—from reusable-flight qualification to satellite deployment, orbital research, Shuttle-Mir, Hubble servicing, and International assembly.
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Space Shuttle vehicles
152 mission-specific spacecraft and test articles, plus 16 launch systems and shared hardware records.
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Space Shuttle orbiterSpace Shuttle Discovery
Space Shuttle Discovery was NASA orbiter OV-103.
Space Shuttle orbiterSpace Shuttle Challenger
Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA orbiter OV-099.
Space Shuttle orbiterSpace Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle Columbia was NASA orbiter OV-102 and the first Space Shuttle orbiter to fly in space.
Space Shuttle orbiterSpace Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle Atlantis was NASA orbiter OV-104.
Space Shuttle orbiterSpace Shuttle Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour was NASA orbiter OV-105 and the final operational shuttle orbiter built.
Reusable throttleable liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen staged-combustion rocket engineRS-25 Space Shuttle Main Engine
The RS-25, originally designated the Space Shuttle Main Engine, was a reusable, throttleable liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen engine mounted in sets of three on every Shuttle orbiter.
Cryogenic propellant tank and structural backboneSpace Shuttle External Tank
The Space Shuttle External Tank was both the orbiter's propellant reservoir and the structural spine of the launch stack.
Transportable launch-support platformSpace Shuttle Mobile Launcher Platform
The Shuttle Mobile Launcher Platforms were enormous steel launch bases inherited from Apollo and rebuilt to carry a complete Shuttle stack between the Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Complex 39.
Reusable segmented solid-propellant launch boosterSpace Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
The twin Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters supplied most of the thrust needed to clear the launch pad and accelerated the stack through the dense lower atmosphere.
Planned human-observation terrain-analysis experimentNot flownTerra GEODE Shuttle payload concept
Terra GEODE—Geology from Earth Orbit Demonstration and Evaluation—was a U.
Reusable crewed spacecraft and gliding reentry vehicleSpace Shuttle Orbiter Vehicle
The Orbiter Vehicle was the reusable crew-and-payload-carrying heart of the Space Shuttle system.
Mission-specific Space Shuttle flight stackApril 24, 1990STS-31 flight stack
STS-31 flight stack combined Space Shuttle Discovery, its external tank, twin solid rocket boosters, and three main engines for deployment of the hubble space telescope into a high earth orbit.