RetiredNASAFirst Launch: 1981-04-12
Space Shuttle
Reusable crewed orbital spaceplane system that flew 135 missions from 1981 to 2011, launching satellites, building the ISS, and servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
135
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
133
2 failures
SUCCESS RATE
98.5%
LANDINGS
133
Reusable First Stage
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Orbital Launch Vehicle
Orbit Deck Space Catalog
Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: NASAVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 56 m
- Body Diameter
- 8.7 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 2,030 t
- Stages Count
- 2
- Fairing Diameter
- 4.6 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Reusable VTVL
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 27.5 t
- GTO Capacity
- 4.9 t
- Cost per Launch
- $450,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$16,364 / kg
High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
2 photos & renders of Space Shuttle
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LiftoffOrbital Launch Vehicle
Commercial orbital rocket ascending from coastal launch range.
Orbit Deck Space Catalog
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PadLaunch Pad Gantry
Orbital launch mount and ground support umbilical tower.
Orbit Deck Aerospace
SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Space Shuttle.
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.