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Vehicles
Space Shuttle
NASA orbiter · 1981
The first partially-reusable crewed spacecraft. A delta-winged orbiter rode twin solid boosters and an external tank to orbit, then glided home unpowered for a runway landing.
Key specifications
Length
37 m
Thermal tiles
24,000
Missions
135
Payload
27,500 kg
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