Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Space_Shuttle_retirement> ?p ?o }
- Space_Shuttle_retirement abstract "The retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery was the first of the three active space shuttles to be retired, completing its final mission on March 9, 2011; Endeavour did so on June 1. The final shuttle mission was completed with the landing of Atlantis on July 21, 2011, closing the 30-year Space Shuttle program.The Shuttle was presented to the public in 1972 as a \"space truck\" which would, among other things, be used to build a United States space station in low earth orbit in the early-1990s and then be replaced by a new vehicle. When the concept of the U.S. space station evolved into that of the International Space Station, which suffered from long delays and design changes before it could be completed, the service life of the Space Shuttle was extended several times until 2011 when it was finally retired.In 2010 the Shuttle was formally scheduled for retirement with Atlantis being taken out of service first after STS-132 in May of that year, but the program was once again extended when the two final planned missions were delayed until 2011. Later, one additional mission was added for Atlantis for July 2011, extending the program further. Counter-proposals to the shuttle's retirement were considered by Congress and the prime contractor United Space Alliance as late as spring 2010.Hardware developed for the Space Shuttle met various ends with conclusion of the program, including donation, disuse and/or disposal, or reuse. An example of reuse, is that one of the three Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) was converted to a permanent module for the International Space Station.".
- Space_Shuttle_retirement thumbnail STS-135_begins_takeoff.jpg?width=300.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageExternalLink index.html.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageID "29838000".
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageLength "36371".
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageOutDegree "155".
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageRevisionID "703615667".
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Adler_Planetarium.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Altair_(spacecraft).
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Antares_(rocket).
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Apollo–Soyuz_Test_Project.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Ares_I.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Ares_I-X.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Ares_V.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Atlas_V.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Automated_Transfer_Vehicle.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Automated_cargo_spacecraft.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Barack_Obama.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Boeing.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Boeing_747.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Boeing_X-37.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Brazos_Valley_Museum_of_Natural_History.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Bremen_Airport.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink CST-100_Starliner.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink California_Science_Center.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Canadarm.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Cannibalization_(parts).
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Category:2011_in_spaceflight.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Category:Space_Shuttle_program.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Category:Spacecraft_endings.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Chantilly,_Virginia.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Commercial_Crew_Development.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Commercial_Orbital_Transportation_Services.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Crawler-transporter.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Criticism_of_the_Space_Shuttle_program.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Cygnus_(spacecraft).
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Cygnus_Orb-D1.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Delta_IV_Heavy.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Dragon_(spacecraft).
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Dragon_C2+.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Dream_Chaser.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Edwards_Air_Force_Base.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Evergreen_Aviation_&_Space_Museum.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Exploration_Flight_Test_1.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Exploration_Mission_1.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Falcon_9.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Falcon_Heavy.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink File:Orioncropflip.jpg.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink First-come,_first-served.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink George_W._Bush.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink H-II_Transfer_Vehicle.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Hubble_Space_Telescope.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Human-rating_certification.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Human_spaceflight.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink International_Space_Station.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Intrepid_Sea,_Air_&_Space_Museum.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Kennedy_Space_Center.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Kennedy_Space_Center_Visitor_Complex.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Leonardo_(ISS_module).
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Low_Earth_orbit.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Lunar_orbit.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Lyndon_B._Johnson_Space_Center.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink MV_Freedom_Star.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink MV_Liberty_Star.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink March_Field_Air_Museum.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Merritt_Island,_Florida.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Mobile_Launcher_Platform.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Mobile_Servicing_System.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Multi-Purpose_Logistics_Module.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Museum_of_Flight.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink NASA.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink NASA_Authorization_Act_of_2010.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink National_Air_and_Space_Museum.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink National_Defense_Reserve_Fleet.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink National_Register_of_Historic_Places.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink New_York.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Office_of_the_Inspector_General.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Orbital_Sciences_Corporation.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Orbiter_Boom_Sensor_System.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Orbiter_Processing_Facility.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Orion_(spacecraft).
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Project_Gemini.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Project_Mercury.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink STS-125.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink STS-132.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink STS-133.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink STS-134.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink STS-135.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink San_Diego_Air_&_Space_Museum.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Saturn_IB.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Shuttle_Landing_Facility.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Sierra_Nevada_Corporation.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Skylab.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Smithsonian_(magazine).
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Soyuz_(spacecraft).
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink SpaceX.
- Space_Shuttle_retirement wikiPageWikiLink Space_Center_Houston.