Nasa Space Shuttle Program

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  • First Man to Walk on the Moon

    First Man to Walk on the Moon
    [Citation](http: www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html) Neil Armstrong was the first to perform a successful docking of two vehicles in space. Armstrong also was the first man to step foot on the moon.

  • First Test Run

    First Test Run
    citationThe pilots of the test run were Robert L. Crippen and the commander was John. W Young. This was used as a test run, recieved positive feedback. Which meant most of the system tests were successful.

  • Space Shuttle Discovery

    Space Shuttle Discovery
    Citation Space shuttle Discovery flew 39 missions.Known for bringing along the oldest man, John Glenn at 77 years old.

  • Space Shuttle Discovery

    Space Shuttle Discovery
    Citation Discovery flew 39 times from 1984 to 2011. Discovery flew more missions than any of its sisters. Spending altogether 365 days in space!

  • Discovery took years to build

    Discovery took years to build
    Citation Work began on the Discovery in 1979, and took four long years to be built. The Discovery gave hope after the Space shuttle tragedies. Was seen as the return mission.

  • Space Shuttle Destroyed

    Space Shuttle Destroyed
    Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed along with its seven crew members. Explosion occured 73 seconds into the flight, due to a leak. citation

  • The teacher aboard the Challenger

    The teacher aboard the Challenger
    Citation Nasa proudly selected Christa McAuliffe as the first teacher to aboard the space shuttle the Challenger. The plan was for her to take a year leave and nasa would pay her salary, and this would be the first ever teacher in space program. Until the accident occured with the Challenger and the crew.

  • Hubble Space telescope

    Hubble Space telescope
    Citation Astronauts deployed Nasa's space telescope on the shuttle STS-31 mission in April 1990

  • Success

    Success
    As of December first 2006, Nasa International Space Station has made 116 successful launches. href='http://www.paranormalknowledge.com/articles/25-facts-on-nasa.html' >Citation</a>

  • Moon Base

    Moon Base
    On December 4th 2006, Nasa gives a big announcement. They are planning on building a permanent moon base. Citation

  • Microblogging siteTwitter in Space

    Microblogging siteTwitter in Space
    Citation Astronaut Michael J. Massimino, crew member of the Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-125 Mission became the first person to use Twitter in space.