Celebrating 30 years of the space shuttle program credits nasa the space shuttle fleet set high marks of achievement and endurance through 30 years of missions from its first when sts 1 launched on april 12 1981 to its last when sts 135 landed on july 21 2011. Celebrating 30 years of the space shuttle program national aeronautics and space administr chen adam wallack william c isbn 9780160902024 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The space shuttle fleet set high marks of achievement and endurance through 30 years of missions from its first on april 12 1981 to its last on july 21 2011 beginning with the orbiter columbia and continuing with challenger discovery atlantis and endeavour the national aeronautics and space administrations nasa space shuttle has carried people into orbit launched recovered and repaired satellites conducted cutting edge research and helped build the largest human made . Celebrating 30 years of the space shuttle program ed by william wallack george gonzalez national aeronautics space administration 2012 284p illus isbn 9780160902024 sudoc nas 1832012 01 835 hq gpo stock 033 000 01355 8 48