Space Shuttle Program

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf space program
gptkbp:cancellationReason Budget constraints
Shift to commercial spaceflight
gptkbp:crewCapacity 7
gptkbp:finalDisposal gptkb:Atlantis
gptkbp:firstAscent gptkb:Guion_S._Bluford_Jr.
gptkbp:firstAwarded gptkb:Sally_Ride
gptkbp:firstFlight 2
133
July 21, 2011
April 12, 1981
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Bruce_McCandless_II
gptkbp:firstRace gptkb:Columbia
gptkbp:hasGoals 2
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Space Shuttle Program
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base
gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center
gptkbp:launchVehicle Space Shuttle
gptkbp:mainEvent RS-25
gptkbp:mission gptkb:Columbia
gptkb:Atlantis
Endeavour
Discovery
Challenger
gptkbp:notableEvent 30 years
Advanced reusable spacecraft technology
Increased international cooperation in space
Paved the way for commercial crew programs
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Columbia_disaster
Challenger disaster
Hubble_Space_Telescope_deployment
International_Space_Station_construction
gptkbp:operatedBy NASA
gptkbp:orbitalInclination 200 to 600 km
gptkbp:primaryMission human spaceflight
gptkbp:relatedAircraft yes
gptkbp:secondaryMission 135
STS-135
STS-88
gptkbp:significantEvent Deployment of satellites
Scientific research in microgravity
Construction of the ISS
Crewed_missions_to_low_Earth_orbit
Repair_missions_for_Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:succeededBy 98.5%
gptkbp:totalGoals 5