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Endeavour.
The last planned space shuttle was the Atlantis
The first space shuttle to go to Mars is expected to be NASA's Orion spacecraft, which will carry astronauts to Mars as part of the Artemis program. As of now, no space shuttle has traveled to Mars.
The Space Shuttle program was named after the Apollo program to honor the Apollo missions that landed astronauts on the Moon. The name Apollo also had historical significance and symbolized the United States' commitment to space exploration.
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.
It is called the orbiter when it is carrying astronauts in space.
The Spacecraft that will replace the Space Shuttle will be plain rockets, the Ares 1: Which carrys Astronauts, and the Ares 5: Which carries cargo, the capsule: Orion, and the Ares 1 will take astronauts to the moon and eventully to mars.
Endeavour.
The last planned space shuttle was the Atlantis
The first space shuttle to go to Mars is expected to be NASA's Orion spacecraft, which will carry astronauts to Mars as part of the Artemis program. As of now, no space shuttle has traveled to Mars.
The Space Shuttle program was named after the Apollo program to honor the Apollo missions that landed astronauts on the Moon. The name Apollo also had historical significance and symbolized the United States' commitment to space exploration.
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 name of the NASA Space Shuttle that successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center on its final mission was Atlantis. Atlantis completed its final mission (STS-135) on July 8, 2011.
Columbia was the first shuttle to enter orbit. This was the same shuttle that was destroyed during re-entry in January 2003, with the loss of seven astronauts.
The space shuttle currently being used for missions is SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, which is used for transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
The other name for Canadarm is the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS). It is a robotic arm used on the Space Shuttle to manipulate payloads and assist astronauts with tasks outside the spacecraft.
The last Space Shuttle to go into space and to the Space Station was Endeavour