Space Shuttle
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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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Space Shuttle - Celebrations from his DOB
- 15 days from now, May 5, 2024, Space Shuttle celebrate 70th Venus age
- 32 days from now, May 22, 2024, Space Shuttle celebrate 179th Mercury age
- 86 days from now, July 15, 2024, Space Shuttle celebrate 23rd Mars age
- 114 days from now, August 12, 2024, Space Shuttle celebrate exactly 520 months
- 119 days from now, August 17, 2024, Space Shuttle celebrate exactly 380,000 hours
- 120 days from now, August 18, 2024, Space Shuttle celebrate 180th Mercury age
- 175 days from now, October 12, 2024, Space Shuttle celebrate 44th half birthday
- 208 days from now, November 14, 2024, Space Shuttle celebrate 181st Mercury age
- 239 days from now, December 15, 2024, Space Shuttle celebrate 71st Venus age
- 258 days from now, January 3, 2025, Space Shuttle celebrate exactly 23,000,000 minutes
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