Sizing Up Space: A Visual History

In the three decades of NASA's space shuttle program, hundreds of astronauts flew aboard the five spaceships. Find out about the missions, astronauts and vehicles and life in space.

  • The Shuttles
  • The Astronauts
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Source: NASA, Boeing

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