Searching map area
Space Shuttle
? TBD
Partially reusable launch system and space plane
Join to rate
Join to rate

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. Its official program name was the Space Transportation System (STS), taken from the 1969 plan led by U.S. vice president Spiro...

Instance of
rocket model
spacecraft model
Subclass of
Reusable launch vehicle
Part of
Space Shuttle program
Different from
space shuttle
Manufacturer
United Space Alliance
Alliant Techsystems
Thiokol
Lockheed Martin
Martin Marietta
Boeing
Country of origin
United States
Wikidata