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The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the United States. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, five Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles flew on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. They conducted science experiments in orbit, helped build the International Space Station, and launched numerous satellites, interplanetary probes, and the Hubble Space Telescope. Four fully operational orbiters were initially built: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis. Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003 were lost in mission accidents, with a total of fourteen astronauts killed. A fifth operational orbiter, Endeavour, was built in 1991 to replace Challenger. The Space Shuttle was retired from service upon the conclusion of Atlantis's final flight on July 21, 2011. (Full article...)
Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. Pinging Balon Greyjoy. - Dank (push to talk) 13:46, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
- @Dank: Looks good to me! I would just removed the orbital/operation flights sentence; I don't think that distinction is as relevant to the overall story of the Space Shuttle as everything else. Thanks for doing this! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 06:30, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
- Done, thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 12:53, 19 October 2020 (UTC)