space shuttle
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space shuttles
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a vehicle designed and used to go to space and return multiple times
- The Space Shuttle program operated by NASA allowed astronauts to travel to and from space from 1981 to 2011.
- The Space Shuttle Atlantis completed numerous missions to the International Space Station during its operational years.
- The Challenger disaster in 1986 was a tragic event that highlighted the risks associated with space shuttle missions.
- Space shuttles were reusable spacecraft designed to transport astronauts and cargo into low Earth orbit.
- Endeavour was one of the space shuttles used for scientific research and satellite deployment missions.