space shuttle

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During the space shuttle era in 1981 to 2011, astronauts spent two to three weeks in space.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

With SpaceX’s forthcoming Starship, launch costs per kilogram are expected to fall to 1% of the costs under the space shuttle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

It had already been quite a year: the doomed Challenger space shuttle had exploded months earlier, and the disaster at Chernobyl was on everyone’s minds.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

When the Soviet Union heard that the United States was planning to launch the country's first female into space aboard the space shuttle, the Soviet space agency committed to putting another Soviet woman into space.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson