Franklin Chang-Diaz
As of the end of February 2010, NASA has flown 130 space shuttle flights, two of them ending in catastrophe.
The first space shuttle, known as the Space Shuttle Enterprise, was not designed for spaceflight. It was built by NASA and introduced in 1976 for atmospheric test flights to validate the shuttle's design and capabilities. The first space-flown shuttle was the Columbia, which was launched in 1981.
It was called (oh and by the way the person who asked it should pis off now)
There were nine space shuttle flights in 1987.
Yes, I'm a Planetary Society member too, and I want to know as well! ;-p
As of the end of February 2010, NASA has flown 130 space shuttle flights, two of them ending in catastrophe.
There have been a total of 128 space shuttle flights so far.This does not include those flown by Enterprise as these were test flights
The first space shuttle, known as the Space Shuttle Enterprise, was not designed for spaceflight. It was built by NASA and introduced in 1976 for atmospheric test flights to validate the shuttle's design and capabilities. The first space-flown shuttle was the Columbia, which was launched in 1981.
There were nine space shuttle flights in 1987.
It was called (oh and by the way the person who asked it should pis off now)
The space shuttle Discovery has flown the most times of all the space shuttle orbiters.
the challenger
Yes, I'm a Planetary Society member too, and I want to know as well! ;-p
Neil Armstrong has not flown on the Space Shuttle.
Neil Armstrong has never flown on a space shuttle mission.
Columbia
2011