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NASA's space shuttle fleet began setting records with its first launch on
April 12, 1981 and continued to set high marks of achievement and endurance
through 30 years of missions.
Starting with Columbia and continuing with Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis
and Endeavour, the spacecraft has carried people into orbit repeatedly,
launched, recovered and repaired satellites, conducted cutting-edge research
and built the largest structure in space, the International Space Station.
The final space shuttle mission, STS-135, ended July 21, 2011 when Atlantis
rolled to a stop at its home port, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
As humanity's first reusable spacecraft, the space shuttle pushed the bounds
of discovery ever farther, requiring not only advanced technologies but the
tremendous effort of a vast workforce.
Thousands of civil servants and contractors throughout NASA's field centers and
across the nation have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to mission success
and the greater goal of space exploration.
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