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The orbiter would detach and land in the ocean shortly after take off.
The first mission to carry a teacher into space was the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L in 1986. Teacher Christa McAuliffe was selected to be part of this mission, but tragically, the shuttle exploded shortly after launch.
A part on the Space shuttle
if the shuttle hits any part of the line it's in
"Shortly" is usually an adverb, used to describe when something will happen soon or briefly.
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The orbiter.
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The United States launched the first space shuttle, called the Space Shuttle Columbia, on April 12, 1981. It was part of the NASA space shuttle program.
The space shuttle that was reused was the Space Shuttle Orbiter, a part of NASA's Space Shuttle system. The first orbiter to be reused was Columbia, followed by Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
Her name was Christa McAuliffe, and she was selected America's Teacher in Space in 1985 over almost 11,000 applicants, 114 semifinalist and 10 finalists. The program had been announced by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. The New Hampshire high school teacher spent five months training for a flight on the space shuttle Challenger. She had hoped to record her flight and conduct lessons from the shuttle all about space travel. She and her six crewmates on the Challenger were killed when the shuttle exploded shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral on January 28, 1986. She was 37.
The US's first space shuttle was called Columbia. It was part of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and completed its first orbital flight on April 12, 1981.