Space Shuttle
Started on
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Sunday April 12, 1981
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Basic information
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others
Country
United States
Description
Retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system
First operational orbital spacecraft designed for reuse.
Operated from 1981 to 2011, last flight was 21.07.2011
The first orbiter, Enterprise, was built in 1976 and used in Approach and Landing Tests (ALT), but had no orbital capability.
The other four were : Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis. Of these, two were lost in mission accidents: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.
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Half birthday 
Next half birthday falls on
Sunday October 11, 2026
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Age in different time units
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Planet Age
How old Space Shuttle would be if it was started on a different planet
Mercury
188.8 years
Venus
73.92 years
Mars
24.18 years
Jupiter
3.83 years
Saturn
1.54 years
Celebrate NOW
Space Shuttle - Celebrations from his DOB
- 10 days from now, October 12, 2026, Space Shuttle celebrate 46th half birthday
- 17 days from now, October 19, 2026, Space Shuttle celebrate 189th Mercury age
- 18 days from now, October 20, 2026, Space Shuttle celebrate 74th Venus age
- 57 days from now, November 28, 2026, Space Shuttle celebrate exactly 24,000,000 minutes
57 days from now, November 28, 2026, Space Shuttle celebrate exactly 400,000 hours - 105 days from now, January 15, 2027, Space Shuttle celebrate 190th Mercury age
- 133 days from now, February 12, 2027, Space Shuttle celebrate exactly 550 months
- 190 days from now, April 11, 2027, Space Shuttle celebrate exactly 2,400 weeks
- 192 days from now, April 12, 2027, Space Shuttle celebrate 46th birthday
- 193 days from now, April 13, 2027, Space Shuttle celebrate 191st Mercury age
- 243 days from now, June 2, 2027, Space Shuttle celebrate 75th Venus age
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