ROI Space Shuttle STS-2
Space Shuttle
Status
Success
Date
12 NOV 1981
15:10
Mission Overview
STS-2 was the second flight of the Space Shuttle program. It flew on Columbia again marking the first time in history that a manned, reusable orbital vehicle returned to orbit for a second time.
Rocket
Space Shuttle
Mission Type
Test Flight
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
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 Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
Height
56.1 m
Diameter
8 m
Launch Mass
2,030 T
Thrust
28,200 kN