Everything about Space Shuttle program
1972–2011 United States human spaceflight program
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official program name was carried over from the 1969 plan for the Space Transportation System (STS) of reusable spacecraft. Only the shuttle and supporting rockets were funded for development; a proposed nuclear lunar shuttle in the plan was canceled in 1972. It flew 135 missions and carried 355 astronauts from 16 countries, many on multiple trips. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Space Shuttle programA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Space Shuttle Program Life-Cycle Cost Analysis: Retrospective AssessmentInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Into the blackThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Space Shuttle Program: A Policy Failure?Cited 53 times
- Go sideways: Space ShuttleA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Space Shuttle retirementA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Space Shuttle Program: A Policy Failure?
After Columbia: The Space Shuttle Program and the Crisis in Space Access
Free flow electrophoresis in space shuttle program (biotex)
Shuttle Problems Compromise Space Program
Survey of mission evolution and flexibility in the Space Shuttle program
The Epistemic Integrity of NASA Practices in the Space Shuttle Program
Material Control and Fracture Control Planning for the Space Shuttle Orbiter Program
The Space Shuttle Program and Its Support for Space Bioresearch
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Into the blackRowland White · 2016- 📕Shuttle in the SkyBrian Krumm · 2015
The history of developing the National Space Transportation SystemDennis R. Jenkins · 1992- 📕On-line implementation of nonlinear parameter estimation for the space shuttle main engineJulia H. Buckland · 1992
- 📕STS-77 space shuttle mission reportRobert W. Fricke · 1996
Final countdownPat Duggins · 2007
ColumbiaPhilip Chien · 2006- 📕Using formal methods to assist in the requirements analysis of the Space Shuttle GPS change requestBen L. Di Vito · 1996
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