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XVI Write a paragraph (100-120 words) about The Space Shuttle program.
You should base on some suggestions below:
Country of origin United States of America
Organization NASA
Purpose Routine Earth-to-orbit crew and
cargo transport
Status Completed
Program history
Cost $196 billion (2011)
Program duration 1972-2011
First flight Approach and Landing Test-
August 12, 1977
First crewed flight Synchronous Transport Signal 1-
April 12, 1981
Last flight Synchronous Transport Signal
135-July 21,2011
Successes 133
Failures 2 - Challenger (launch failure, 7
fatalities), Columbia (re-entry
failure, 7 fatalities)
Launch site(s) LC-39, Kennedy Space Center
Vehicle information
Vehicle type Reusable space plane
Crew capacity 8 (emergency: 11)
Launch vehicle(s) Space Shuttle stack
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