The Space Shuttle Direct

The Shuttle system consisted of three primary components that worked together for launch:

: The "workhorse" of the fleet, it flew 39 missions, including the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. The Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle, officially known as the , was the world’s first partially reusable spacecraft, operating from 1981 to 2011. Over 30 years, the program flew 135 missions , launched 355 people from 16 countries, and traveled more than 542 million miles. The Shuttle system consisted of three primary components

: The first shuttle to fly into space in 1981; tragically lost during re-entry in 2003. it flew 39 missions

: Built as a replacement for Challenger, it completed 25 missions, including the first service mission for Hubble.