Space Shuttle
USA Wikipedia 
Built & Operated By
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Government · founded 1958
Maiden Flight
12 APR 1981
About
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.
Vehicle Specifications
Height
56.1 m
Diameter
8 m
Launch Mass
2,030 T
Thrust
28,200 kN
Stages
2
Configuration
Reusable
Launch Record
Total Launches
135
Successful
133
Failed
2
Consecutive
22
Performance
To LEO
27,500 kg
Launch Cost
$450.0M
Programmes 1
Space Shuttle