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The United States is currently the only country that has flown space shuttles. All shuttles are the same size, which according to NASA is 184 feet long overall. The orbiter section of the craft, which is the shuttle without additional fuel tanks, is 122 feet long. The wingspan is 78 feet and it weighs in at 4.5 million pounds when it lifts off.

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