The History Of The Space Shuttle - New Space Documentary 2016

INFO: The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated 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), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. The first of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981, leading to operational flights beginning in 1982. Five complete Shuttle systems were built and used on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Operational missions launched numerous satellites, interplanetary probes, and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST); conducted science experiments in orbit; and participated in construction and servicing of the International Space Station. The Shuttle fleet's total mission time was 1322 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes and 23 seconds. CREDIT: NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/ LINKS: Visit Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/LunarDocu Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LunarDocu Visit our Mother Channel also for new videos from space: https://www.youtube.com/c/deepspacetvofficial CONTACT: If u desire more information about us, our projects, partnerships or the way we operate? Feel free to contact us any time here: http://www.ipgsdesign.com/#contact