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The "Space Shuttle" is a colloquial term for the Space Transportation System (STS), which consists of the orbiter, the reusable RS-25 engines, the external fuel tank, and the solid rocket boosters.
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Theyre the first from their country to ride a rocket since a Saudi prince launched aboard shuttle Discovery in 1985.

The Space Shuttle program ran from 1972-2011.

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Earth orbit across the globe, said NASAs space station program. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). . . . 5 The number of man-hours NASA shuttles spent in space during their 30-year history.

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The Space Shuttle project was approved by President Nixon in early 1972.

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Unlike the much smaller capsules of the Apollo era, which launched on the.

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