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Started by the Russians with Sputnik 1, it was finished by Neil Armstrong when he stepped onto the moon.
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National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA, was replaced by NASA. NASA also inheirited NACA's plans for spaceflight.
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Basic plans were made during Phase A
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George Mueller, head of space flight at NASA, announced in London that he had been working on a reusable spacecraft for two years.
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More detailed plans were made, withs plans that included costs, wieght, and technology used
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even more detailed designs and starting of manufacturing
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Enterprise was the first space shuttle made. Origanally named the Constitution, the public asked for it to be changed to the Enterprise after the Star Trek TV show.
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With problems from the thermal protection bits, the Columbia sits at the Kennedy space center for two years while new adhesives are tested.
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The Columbia was the first reuseable spacecraft launched
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Phase 1 was spent on building Spacelab a Europian space staion, and releasing commerical satilites from the payload.
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Challenger explodes shortly after lift of,
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only goverment satillites are launched with the shuttle.
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Phase 3 was mostly building the ISS, International Space Station.
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Columbia burns up during reentry
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The final mission, made by Atlantis, was the final Space Shuttle launched.
