The space shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the u.s Its official program name was space transportation system (sts), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft where it was the only item. National aeronautics and space administration (nasa) as part of the space shuttle program.
Below you’ll find a guide to each of the space shuttle locations around the u.s. The space shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the u.s Today you can visit five shuttles, three of which flew to space during the almost 30 years of nasa’s shuttle program.
Nasa's space shuttle launched in 1981 and flew its final mission in 2011 Over three decades its 135 missions changed spaceflight forever.
