Space Shuttle Program Fast Facts

Space Shuttle Program Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at NASA’s Space Shuttle Program which ended in 2011 after 135 missions. Facts The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and other cargo into orbit around Earth on both commercial and non-commercial missions. The space shuttle system was made up of three…