Space
Shuttle: 1981 to 2011
NASA's
Space Shuttle orbiters were the first spacecraft capable of routinely
launching into orbit like rockets and then returning to Earth as
gliders. They were the main element of NASA's Space Transportation
System, and were used for scientific research and space applications,
such as deploying and repairing satellites.
On its own, a Shuttle could carry to orbit a payload of about 65,000
pounds. Typical missions had crews of about seven astronauts, orbited
at altitudes of around 150 to 250 miles, and stayed in space for
ten days to two weeks.
Space
Shuttle Historic Recordation
http://www.nasa.gov/agency/crm/shuttle/index.html
Space
Shuttle Recordation Oral History Project
https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/assets/JSCHistoryPortal/history
/oral_histories/sts-r.htm
Shuttle
Carrier Aircraft / Solid Rocket Booster Recovery Oral History Project
https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/assets/JSCHistoryPortal/history/
oral_histories/sca-srb.htm
Shuttle
Carrier Aircraft Recordation
http://www.nasa.gov/content/shuttle-carrier-aircraft-recordation/
Solid
Rocket Booster Retrieval Ships Recordation
http://www.nasa.gov/content/srb-retrieval-ships/
White
Sands Space Harbor, 1976 - 2011
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Level II Documentation
http://www.nasa.gov/history/white_sands/
Space
Shuttle Program Tacit Knowledge Capture Project
https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/assets/JSCHistoryPortal/history
/oral_histories/ssp.htm
Wings
in Orbit:
The Scientific and Engineering Legacies
of the Space Shuttle
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/wingsinorbit/index.html
NASA
U.S. Spacesuit Knowledge Capture Program
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/spacesuits/index.htm
Space
Shuttle Missions Summary
(PDF
82MB)
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/reference/TM-2011-216142.pdf
Toward
a History of the Space Shuttle:
An Annotated Bibliography:
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/shuttle_bibliography_2_detail.html
Wings
into Space: The Flight of STS-1,
April 12-14, 1981
http://history.nasa.gov/sts1/index.html
20th
Anniversary of STS-1
http://history.nasa.gov/sts1/index.html
KSC
Shuttle Operations
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/index.html
Shuttle
Press Kits: 1981 - 2002
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/shuttle_pk/shuttle_press.htm
Shuttle
Press Kits: 1997 - 2011
http://www.nasa.gov/news/media/presskits/
JSC
Shuttle Mission Archive
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/
KSC
Shuttle Mission Summaries, Launch,
and Landing Archive, 1999-2004
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
archives/1999-2004.html
Shuttle
Operational Data Book
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/green/
Shuttle
Status Reports
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/index.html
Space
Shuttle Status Reports
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
status/2005/index.html
NASA
History Information on STS-51L/
Challenger Accident
http://history.nasa.gov/sts51l.html
Space
Shuttle Orbiters - Names
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/
k-4/features/F_Names_of_Shuttle_Orbiters.html
KSC
Discovery Orbiter Fact Page
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
orbiters/orbitersdis.html
KSC
Atlantis Orbiter Fact Page
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
orbiters/orbitersatl.html
KSC
Endeavour Orbiter Fact Page
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
orbiters/orbitersend.html
KSC
Challenger Orbiter Fact Page
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
orbiters/challenger-info.html
Life
Sciences Data Archive Searchable Database
http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov
Space
Shuttle Basics
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/basics/history/index.html
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