Some well-known space orbiters include the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station (ISS), and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
International and Mir
yes
Because of budgets, the aging orbiters, and unfortunately.. Politics.
Six were made, but only five ever went into space.
Atlantis, Endeavor, Discovery are the only Space Shuttles currently operating in NASA's Space Shuttle program (Challenger and Columbia were both lost in explosions).
International and Mir
We orbit the sun, which in turn orbits the center of the galaxy.
NASA maintains 3 shuttle orbiters, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. As of July 2009, the most recent launch was of Endeavour. Discovery is currently scheduled for launch in late August 2009.
Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour are still operational.
Lander
yes
yes
Because of budgets, the aging orbiters, and unfortunately.. Politics.
Six were made, but only five ever went into space.
Atlantis, Endeavor, Discovery are the only Space Shuttles currently operating in NASA's Space Shuttle program (Challenger and Columbia were both lost in explosions).
The space shuttle Discovery has flown the most times of all the space shuttle orbiters.
there is one cirlcling the moon and other places. dont look at me im only 13