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Thirty Years of NASA Space Shuttle Missions

The shuttle Columbia lifts off on the first space shuttle mission ever, STS-1, on April 12, 1981.

NASA's space shuttle fleet is hanging up its wings after 30 years. The first shuttle flight, STS-1, launched on April 12, 1981.

NASA's space shuttle prototype Enterprise is finally unveiled in its final home: New York City.
NASA's first space shuttle, Enterprise, goes on public display in NYC today, July 19.
The new exhibit on the flight deck of the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum is opening to the public on July 19th, take a quick peek inside with Apollo 13/Enterprise pilot Fred Haise and NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver. Editor - Steve Spaleta
A series of fun events, lasting through the weekend, will help celebrate the opening of the new exhibit.
The Liberty launch system could be carrying astronauts to space by 2015.
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SpaceX hopes the Dragon spacecraft will be carrying astronauts to low-Earth orbit by 2015.
The telescope is pictured during the second servicing mission in 1997.
The space shuttle Endeavour will arrive in Los Angeles in September.
The hybrid motor could lead to more efficient rockets down the road, its builders say.
What it's like to fly on NASA's huge cargo plane.
A 40 year-old space shuttle model will soon be on view in the town where shuttles were built.
Photos from the Air Force's second secret flight of the X-37B space plane.
The X-37B spacecraft spent more than 15 months in space on a classified mission.
The Air Force is now aiming for a Saturday landing for its secret X-37B space plane.
The robotic X-37B space plane will land in California by June 18.
While on an extravehicular activity, the astronauts have some fun trying to sell off two satellites that failed to launch.
The spacecraft will land in early to mid-June, according to Air Force officials.