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Canceled Space Shuttle missions information


During NASA's Space Shuttle program, several missions were canceled. Many were canceled as a result of the Challenger and the Columbia disasters or due to delays in the development of the shuttle. Others were canceled because of changes in payload and mission requirements.

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Canceled Space Shuttle missions

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During NASA's Space Shuttle program, several missions were canceled. Many were canceled as a result of the Challenger and the Columbia disasters or due...

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List of Space Shuttle missions

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other planned missions were canceled due to the late development of the shuttle, and the Challenger and Columbia disasters. Four missions were cut short...

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Space Shuttle Columbia

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of operation, Columbia was flown on 28 missions in the Space Shuttle program, spending over 300 days in space and completing over 4,000 orbits around...

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Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

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missions ready in case irreparable damage was found. Except for one mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, subsequent Space Shuttle missions were...

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Canceled Apollo missions

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Several planned missions of the Apollo crewed Moon landing program of the 1960s and 1970s were canceled, for reasons which included changes in technical...

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Space Shuttle Challenger

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operation, Challenger was flown on ten missions in the Space Shuttle program, spending over 62 days in space and completing almost 1,000 orbits around...

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Space Shuttle Atlantis

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Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle designation: OV‑104) is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space...

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Space Shuttle orbiter

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The Space Shuttle orbiter is the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued...

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Space Shuttle program

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for development. It flew 135 missions and carried 355 astronauts from 16 countries, many on multiple trips. The Space Shuttle, composed of an orbiter launched...

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Space Shuttle Discovery

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List of human spaceflights List of Space Shuttle crews List of Space Shuttle missions Timeline of Space Shuttle missions  This article incorporates public...

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Space Shuttle retirement

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retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery was the first of the three active Space Shuttles to be retired, completing...

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List of Space Shuttle landing sites

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situation. Space Shuttle landings were intended to regularly take place at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for Department of Defense missions launched...

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Studied Space Shuttle designs

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shuttle boosters and improvements to the central tank, but also looked to expand NASA's ability to launch deep space missions and build modular space...

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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

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On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated...

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Space Shuttle design process

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that the project might be canceled. This led to an effort to interest the US Air Force in using the shuttle for their missions as well. The Air Force was...

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List of NASA missions

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One Space Shuttle mission ended with the destruction of the vehicle and death of the entire crew before reaching orbit. The Shuttle-Mir missions were...

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Criticism of the Space Shuttle program

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costs are taken into account, the final cost of the Space Shuttle program, averaged over all missions and adjusted for inflation (2008), was estimated to...

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NASA

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Apollo Moon landing missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA supports the International Space Station along with the...

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Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B

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spaceflight missions since the late 1960s, the pad is currently configured for use by the agency's Space Launch System rocket, a Shuttle-derived launch...

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Space Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Article

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for the U.S. Space Shuttle Program. Never intended for actual spaceflight, the MPTA consisted of the internal structure of a Space Shuttle orbiter aft-fuselage...

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Space Shuttle

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complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. They launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC)...

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