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Dedicated spacecraft and related vehicle records for Space Shuttle, including when they are part of the program archive.

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Space Shuttle

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Space Shuttle DiscoverySpace Shuttle orbiterRetiredSpace Shuttle Discovery was NASA orbiter OV-103.

Space Shuttle ColumbiaSpace Shuttle orbiterLostSpace Shuttle Columbia was NASA orbiter OV-102 and the first Space Shuttle orbiter to fly in space.

Space Shuttle ChallengerSpace Shuttle orbiterLostSpace Shuttle Challenger was NASA orbiter OV-099.

Space Shuttle AtlantisSpace Shuttle orbiterRetiredSpace Shuttle Atlantis was NASA orbiter OV-104.

Space Shuttle EndeavourSpace Shuttle orbiterRetiredSpace Shuttle Endeavour was NASA orbiter OV-105 and the final operational shuttle orbiter built.

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Technicians install a reusable RS-25 Space Shuttle Main Engine in Endeavour for STS-123.

RS-25 Space Shuttle Main EngineReusable throttleable liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen staged-combustion rocket engineRetiredThe RS-25, originally designated the Space Shuttle Main Engine, was a reusable, throttleable liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen engine mounted in sets of three on every Shuttle orbiter.

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This is a cutaway illustration of the Space Shuttle external tank (ET) with callouts.

Space Shuttle External TankCryogenic propellant tank and structural backboneRetiredThe Space Shuttle External Tank was both the orbiter's propellant reservoir and the structural spine of the launch stack.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

Space Shuttle Mobile Launcher PlatformTransportable launch-support platformRetiredThe Shuttle Mobile Launcher Platforms were enormous steel launch bases inherited from Apollo and rebuilt to carry a complete Shuttle stack between the Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Complex 39.

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Contextual image from STS-105; it documents a canonically related mission, not the exact Space Shuttle Orbiter Vehicle record.

Space Shuttle Orbiter VehicleReusable crewed spacecraft and gliding reentry vehicleRetiredThe Orbiter Vehicle was the reusable crew-and-payload-carrying heart of the Space Shuttle system.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

Space Shuttle Solid Rocket BoosterReusable segmented solid-propellant launch boosterRetiredThe twin Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters supplied most of the thrust needed to clear the launch pad and accelerated the stack through the dense lower atmosphere.

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NASA's two modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft #911 (left) and #905 (right) were nose-to-nose on the ramp at NASA Dryden in this 1995 photo.

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft NASA 905Modified Boeing 747-123 orbiter carrier aircraftRetiredNASA 905 was the original Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a heavily modified Boeing 747-123 used first for Enterprise's Approach and Landing Tests and then for cross-country orbiter ferry flights.

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Contextual image from Enterprise ALT-11; it documents a canonically related mission, not the exact Space Shuttle Enterprise record.

Space Shuttle EnterpriseSpace Shuttle approach-and-landing test orbiterRetiredEnterprise (OV-101) was NASA's first full-scale Space Shuttle orbiter.

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