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Russia was developing a space shuttle very similar to the United State's space shuttle called Buran (Russian for Snowstorm). The Buran program began in 1974 as a response to the United State's Space Shuttle program. The Russians believed that the US Space Shuttle could be a significant military threat, and had to be countered. Construction of Buran took place between 1980 and 1984. In 1988, Buran finally had its first orbital test flight. Buran was launched unmanned on an Energia rocket, and orbited around the Earth two times before doing an automated landing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Russia's manned launch facility). However that was Buran's only flight, and it was never flown again.
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When was the last space shuttle launched?
The last ever space shuttle to be launched was launched on 9/7/11. America have stopped making them because it is too expensive for them.
What was the name of the first space shuttle ever built?
first one ever launched was Spunik by the Russians
What was the name of the first space shuttle to ever go into outer space?
The Columbia it was launched by NASA on April 12, 1981. It became the first shuttle to orbit (circle around) Earth.
What is the name of the orbiter of space shuttle mission number 1?
The first ever space shuttle to be launched into space (STS-1) was Columbia on April 12th 1981, exactly 20 years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
What was the last space shuttle ever built?
Space Shuttle Endeavour was the final Space Shuttle built. It was built to replace Space Shuttle Challenger.
What is the name of Russia's space shuttle?
Buran, meaning 'snowstorm' in Russian, is the name of the Russian version of the space shuttle. It was only ever flown once, unmanned, in 1988 and was destroyed when its hangar collapsed in 2002.
In 1957 where would you have found something called Sputnik?
In space. It was a satellite launched by Russia, and the first ever satellite.
What was the 2nd space shuttle in space?
Second space shuttle in space was Challenger, but second space shuttle ever was Enterprise, what was made for testing in atmosphere.
What was the time of the first space shuttle launch?
Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on April 12th, 1981 at 0800:03 EDT. John Young and Robert Crippen were the Cmdr and Pilot on this first ever Space Shuttle flight. They returned to Earth with a perfect landing at Edwards AFB on April 14th, 1981.
What was the first space shuttle to land on jupiter?
No space shuttle has ever been to Jupiter
When has a space shuttle ever hit a satellite?
A space shuttle has never hit a satellite.
What was the name of the first shuttle to ever go into outer space?
On the 12th of April 1981, Commander John Young and Pilot Roger Crippen launched aboard the first ever space shuttle launch. The mission started from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and ended at the Edwards Air Force Base in California 2 days later.
