Space Shuttle
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The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the Space Shuttle program. Wikipedia
Cost per launch: US$450 million (2011)
Failure(s): 2: Challenger (launch failure, 7 fatalities); Columbia (re-entry failure, 7 fatalities)
Function: Crewed orbital launch and reentry
Height: 56.1 m (184 ft)
Last flight: 21 July 2011
Launch sites: Kennedy Space Center, LC-39; Vandenberg Air Force Base (unused), SLC-6
Mass: 2,030,000 kg (4,480,000 lb)