Rockets / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · retired
Total launches
135
all time
Success rate
1.5%
133 of 135
Failed
2
all time
Pending
0
0 on the board
About this vehicle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
Source: Launch Library 2 record #493 · Wikipedia
Specifications
- Manufacturer
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Status
- Retired / inactive
- Reusable
- Yes
- Maiden flight
- 1981-04-12
- Height
- 56.1 m
- Diameter
- 8 m
- Liftoff mass
- 2,030 t
- Thrust
- 28,200 kN
- Stages
- 2
- Payload to LEO
- 27,500 kg
- Payload to GTO
- —
- Launch cost
- 450000000
Next flights on this rocket
Full launch boardno upcoming flights for this vehicle right now
Where it flies from
Launch pads carry their own coordinates and flight history.