Space Shuttle

Picture of Space Shuttle, Retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system
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Age
 Sunday April 12, 1981
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Basic information

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Country
United States
Description
Retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system

First operational orbital spacecraft designed for reuse.

Operated from 1981 to 2011, last flight was 21.07.2011

The first orbiter, Enterprise, was built in 1976 and used in Approach and Landing Tests (ALT), but had no orbital capability.

The other four were : Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis. Of these, two were lost in mission accidents: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.

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Half birthday

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Saturday October 11, 2025
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Planet Age

How old Space Shuttle would be if it was started on a different planet
Mercury
181.44 years
Venus
71.03 years
Mars
23.23 years
Jupiter
3.68 years
Saturn
1.48 years
 
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