The shuttle program began with the flight of the columbia, and its worst disaster was the explosion of the challenger.
The space shuttle program began with the flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.
The Space Shuttle program began in 1981 with the launch of STS-1, the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
The first shuttle, Columbia, was launched April 12, 1981. The last flight will be flown by Atlantis. It is scheduled for July 2011.
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986. The shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, resulting in the death of all seven crew members on board.
Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in disaster on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members on board.
The space shuttle program began with the flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.
The Space Shuttle program began in 1981 with the launch of STS-1, the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
The first shuttle, Columbia, was launched April 12, 1981. The last flight will be flown by Atlantis. It is scheduled for July 2011.
The worst disaster involving fatalities in a space shuttle was the Soyuz 11 space shuttle disaster which occured on June 30, 1971 when the shuttle depressurized while in space, resulting in the deaths of the three people onboard. The worst disaster involving fatalities on the ground was the Nedelin Catastrophe on October 24, 1960, in which a missle exploded on the lauch pad, prior to a test flight. The resulting explosion killed 78 people, (official death toll) however some estimates say up to 150 were killed.
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986. The shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, resulting in the death of all seven crew members on board.
Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in disaster on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members on board.
The last space shuttle flight, STS-135, took place on July 8, 2011. This mission was conducted by NASA's Atlantis and marked the final flight of the Space Shuttle program. After this mission, the shuttle fleet was retired after more than three decades of service.
The name of the first shuttle to be launched was Columbia. It was launched on April 12, 1981, for the inaugural flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
The first flight for the Space Shuttle program took place on April 12, 1981, though the program officially began in 1972. There were 135 flights that took place before the program ended in 2011.
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The teacher who was killed in a space shuttle flight was Christa McAuliffe. She was selected to be part of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger for the NASA Teacher in Space Project in 1986, but tragically, the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after launch, resulting in the loss of all onboard, including McAuliffe.
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.