History of the Space shuttle Brendan By osborne4 Period: Jan 1, 1968 to Dec 31, 2011 History of Space shuttle Jan 1, 1969 1968 Nasa began space shuttle design Jan 1, 1969 Richard Nixon made a task group chaired by vice president Spiro T. Agnew Jan 5, 1972 President Nixon announced nasa would proceed to design a reusable spacecraft Jul 1, 1972 Rockwell space stations decided to design new space shuttle Sep 17, 1976 The first orbiter the enterprise orbited earth Jan 28, 1986 Space challenger diisinigretedd in 73 seconds Jan 1, 2003 Columbia spacecraft crashed! May 16, 2011 Spaceship endeavour lifts off last one lifting off on america!
