Space Shuttle

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  • Commercial Communications Satellites

    This first shuttle operational mission deployed two commercial communications satellites, ANIK C-3 for TELESAT Canada and SitS-C for Satellite Business Systems.

  • Challenger

    Challenger
    This tragic mission burned all crew members and the shuttle on the way up to space. NASA believes that there was an o-ring failure in the right solid rocket booster.

  • First International Space Station Flight

    On this 12 day mission they used a robotic arm andwent on a spacewalk.

  • International Space Station Assembly Flight

    It was the first Return to Flight mission since the tragic loss of Columbia February 1, 2003.

  • The Final Voyage

    The Final Voyage
    This was the last mission in the Space Shuttle Program.