“Nasa plans to retire the space shuttle programme in 2010.” Nasa plans to retire the space shuttle programme in 2010, replacing it with the new Orion crew exploration vehicle (CEV) and Ares launch rocket, whose main mission will be to support exploration of the Moon and other destinations. The first orbiter was the Enterprise which was a non-orbital test vehicle. The first space shuttle was launched in April 1981. The space shuttle is the family of manned launch vehicles used by US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) to place payloads and crews into low earth orbit. A Soyuz spacecraft docked to the station can be seen in the foreground. Space shuttle Discovery after undocking from the International Space Station in November 2007. NASA mission control, the flight control centre. The NASA space shuttle with the Endeavour orbiter. Launch of Atlantis, Mission STS-122 to deliver the European Space Agency (ESA) Columbus science laboratory to the International Space Station (ISS), in February 2008.
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The space shuttle orbiter's glass cockpit is fitted with an eleven panel full colour display Multifunction Electronic Display System (MEDS). Space shuttle orbiter vehicle Discovery landing at the end of Mission STS-120 in November 2007.Īfter touchdown, the speed-brake on the vertical tail and a drogue parachute are deployed to bring Discovery to a halt in November 2007.
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