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Space Shuttle Endeavour was the final Space Shuttle built. It was built to replace Space Shuttle Challenger.
No. No space shuttle was ever built to leave orbit around Earth. The New Horizons space probe, an unmanned spacecraft, flew past Pluto in July 2015.
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The first space shuttle was built primarily in Palmdale, California at Rockwell's facility.
The first space shuttle ever built was the Space Shuttle Enterprise. It was constructed as a prototype and test vehicle and never flew into space. Enterprise was used for approach and landing tests before the operational shuttle flights began with Columbia.
Endeavor was the last space shuttle built, making it the youngest of the fleet. It was actually built to replace challenger.
The Columbia space shuttle was built in the 1970s and was the first operational space shuttle in NASA's fleet. It made its maiden flight on April 12, 1981.
The fastest space shuttle was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which reached a top speed of about 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 kilometers per hour) during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
thermal insulation materials that were used on the space shuttle
The first space shuttle, STA-099, was built in the late 1970s.
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