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  2. Landing the Space Shuttle Orbiter A facts - NASA

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    Landing the Space Shuttle Orbiter. As. the processing and launch site of the nation’s Space Shuttle Program, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida is making the Vision for Space Exploration a reality. Kennedy is the primary end-of-mission landing site for the shuttle orbiter.

  3. List of Space Shuttle landing sites - Wikipedia

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    List of Space Shuttle landing sites. Three locations in the United States were used as landing sites for the Space Shuttle system. Each site included runways of sufficient length for the slowing-down of a returning spacecraft. The prime landing site was the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a purpose-built landing ...

  4. Join us on a journey through space as we witness the Space Shuttle's incredible mastery of returning to Earth. After completing its mission in orbit, the shuttle begins its descent back to...

  5. Space Shuttle - NASA

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    The Space Shuttle. From the first launch on April 12, 1981 to the final landing on July 21, 2011, NASA's space shuttle fleet flew 135 missions, helped construct the International Space Station and inspired generations.

  6. Space Shuttle - Wikipedia

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    The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.

  7. The Space Shuttle - NASA

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    The Space Shuttle was the world’s first reusable spacecraft, and the first spacecraft in history that can carry large satellites both to and from orbit. The Shuttle launches like a rocket, maneuvers in Earth orbit like a spacecraft and lands like an airplane.

  8. How Space Shuttles Work - HowStuffWorks

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    A typical shuttle mission is as follows: getting into orbit launch - the shuttle lifts off the launching pad ascent orbital maneuvering burn. orbit - life in space. re-entry. landing. A typical shuttle mission lasts seven to eight days, but can extend to as much as 14 days depending upon the objectives of the mission.