List of Space Shuttle missions - Wikipedia
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. [ 1 ]
STS-8 - Wikipedia
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched on August 30, 1983, and landed on September 5, 1983, conducting the first night launch and night landing of the Space Shuttle program. It also carried the first African-American astronaut, Guion Bluford.
STS 8: The First Shuttle Night Launch & Landing - NASA
Aug 30, 2018 · On September 5, the crew fired Challenger’s engines to return to Earth, and made the first night landing of the Shuttle program at Edwards Air Force Base in California, having completed 98 orbits around the Earth in 6 days, 1 hour and 9 minutes.
Shuttle Launch Lights the Night for Last Time | Space
Feb 8, 2010 · There is a lot of history behind NASA’s final night launch of a space shuttle — the early Monday liftoff of shuttle Endeavour.
40 Years Ago: STS-8, the First African American in Space, and ... - NASA
Sep 1, 2023 · On Aug. 30, 1983, space shuttle Challenger thundered into the sky at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the first night launch of the space shuttle program. The STS-8 crew consisted of Commander Richard H. Truly , Pilot Daniel C. Brandenstein , and Mission Specialists Dale A. Gardner , Guion “Guy” S. Bluford , and Dr. William E ...
Raw Video: Shuttle Makes Rare Nighttime Landing - YouTube
Feb 21, 2010 · Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts are back on Earth. The shuttle landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida late Sunday night, wrapping up a succ...
Space Shuttle Discovery - Wikipedia
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. [2] Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984.
Space Shuttle - NASA
Sep 5, 2024 · Space Shuttle. NASA’s shuttle fleet achieved numerous firsts and opened up space to more people than ever before during the Space Shuttle Program’s 30 years of missions.
Two lunar landers launch to the moon aboard a SpaceX rocket
1 day ago · A SpaceX rocket lifted off at 1:11 a.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, launching two separate, uncrewed missions to the lunar surface. One of those missions, ...
Night Launch: Shuttle Discovery Set for Evening Space Shot
Dec 7, 2006 · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – For the first time in more than four years, a NASA space shuttle Discovery is poised to light up the night sky in an evening launch bound for the International Space...