The US Space Shuttle first flew in 1981 and continued in operation until 2011.
Prior to 1981 expendable space capsules were the preferred method of getting crews into space. Initially it was thought the Space Shuttle program would cut costs of space travel but it ultimately proved to be more expensive and more dangerous, taking the lives of 14 astronauts during its operational life. In comparison 7 astronauts/cosmonauts have died in capsules. The Soviet Union attempted to design a space shuttle but it never flew with a crew aboard. The USA has now reverted to a capsule design for its next space program.
Five Space Shuttles were built and flown in space:
Discovery
Atlantis
Endeavour
Columbia (Destroyed during re-entry 2003)
Challenger (Destroyed during launch 1986)
The 'space race' refers to the competition mostly in the 1950's and 1960's between the United States and china
Space Conditioning - 1960 was released on: USA: September 1960
It was in the 1960's at the plain was the X-15.
The first Space walk Cuban Missile crisis
Popeye the Sailor - 1960 Ace of Space 1-9 was released on: USA: 1960
during Kennedy and LBJ the space program bloomed because of the arms race between the U.S and the soviet Union. Russia sent sputnik successfully and the U.S was determined to get ahead of Russia.
RussiaRussian (Soviet). The Russian sent a woman into space in the 1960's. The USA was planning to send a woman into space in the 1960's, but, did not do so, because President LBJ ordered NASA not to. The USA would not send a woman into space until the 1980's.
The first craft built in the 1960's was the Apollo Space Program. This was a highly successful program from the start.
Space Men was created on 1960-08-25.
Men into Space ended on 1960-09-07.
Men Into Space - 1959 Tankers in Space 1-14 was released on: USA: 6 January 1960 Japan: 27 March 1960
Insight - 1960 The Man from Inner Space was released on: USA: 4 May 1975