Six air-worthy shuttles have been built; the first orbiter, Enterprise, was not built for space flight, and was used only for testing purposes. Five space-worthy orbiters were built: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. Challengerdisintegrated 73 seconds after launch in 1986, and Endeavourwas built as a replacement. Columbia broke apart during re-entry in 2003.
5 different space shuttles have been launched on 129 missions.
There is a total of five space shuttles that belonged to NASA. These shuttles are Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, Columbia, and Challenger. However, they have all been retired from service.
5 NASA Shuttles have been into space. Of those 5 shuttles, 2 were unfortunately destroyed. There has been a total of 135 Space missions using the space shuttle between the years 1980 and 2011 :)
There have been two space shuttles that exploded during launch: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.
There has been 128 launched and only 1 has failed so.....127.
5 different space shuttles have been launched on 129 missions.
There is a total of five space shuttles that belonged to NASA. These shuttles are Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, Columbia, and Challenger. However, they have all been retired from service.
5 NASA Shuttles have been into space. Of those 5 shuttles, 2 were unfortunately destroyed. There has been a total of 135 Space missions using the space shuttle between the years 1980 and 2011 :)
Challenger, Columbia
There have been two space shuttles that exploded during launch: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.
There has been 128 launched and only 1 has failed so.....127.
Two out of five Space Shuttles: Challager and Columbia, were the only 2 shuttles to be lost, challager exploded 72 seconds after takeoff while Columbia burned up in the atmosphere.
As of now, the space shuttle program has been retired and no new shuttles are being built. The last space shuttle was the Space Shuttle Atlantis, which retired in 2011. The focus has shifted towards developing new spacecraft for space exploration.
4 Space Shuttles existed in 2011. Including the test vehicle, Space Shuttle Enterprise. Space Shuttles that actually went into space? 3. Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
6 TotalChallenger, Columbia,Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, and Buran (Soviet reusable spacecraft) There have been six Space Shuttles. Five have flown in space. The first, Enterprise, flew only in Earth's atmosphere.
Currently NASA have three space shuttles Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
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