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Sizing Up Space: A Visual History In the three decades of the shuttle program, hundreds of astronauts flew aboard the five spaceships.
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The End Of The Space Shuttle Era

NASA's space shuttle program spanned 30 years of launches and more than 100 missions.
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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

Credit: Christina Baird, Adam Cole, Nelson Hsu, Allison Lenz and Andrew Prince / NPR

Special Series

The End Of The Space Shuttle Era

NASA's space shuttle program spanned 30 years of launches and more than 100 missions.