So that scientists could investigate the biological effects of space travel without risking the lives of humans.
31 January 1961
Launch Services Program's motto is 'Earth's Bridge to Space'.
The Space Shuttle program began in 1981 with the launch of STS-1, the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
The space shuttle used to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. However, the space shuttle program ended in 2011. Currently, rockets like SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch from various locations, including Kennedy Space Center and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The early space program was named the "Mercury Program," which was NASA's first human spaceflight program. The program aimed to launch astronauts into Earth's orbit and was active from 1958 to 1963.
The first space shuttle to launch into space was Columbia on April 12, 1981. It was the inaugural mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and marked the beginning of a new era in space exploration.
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The launch of Sputnik
It was the 135th and final launch of the Space Shuttle Program. The program lasted 30 years. The spacecraft that launched was Space Shuttle Atlantis.
The duration of Space Chimps is 1.35 hours.
The second American space program aimed at making further progress toward manned exploration of the Moon was the Gemini program.
Russia sent a dog. The USA sent a chimp.