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The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable spacecraft system operated by NASA from 1981 to 2011 as part of the Space Shuttle program, officially named the Space Transportation System (STS). This program originated from a 1969 plan for reusable spacecraft, of which the Shuttle was the only component developed.
The first orbiter, Enterprise, built in 1976, was used for Approach and Landing Tests but could not achieve orbit. Four fully operational orbiters—Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis—were subsequently built. Challenger was lost in 1986 and Columbia in 2003, resulting in the deaths of 14 astronauts. A fifth orbiter, Endeavour, was constructed in 1991 to replace Challenger. The remaining orbiters were retired after Atlantis's final flight on July 21, 2011. Until the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission in May 2020, the U.S. used the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to transport astronauts to the ISS.
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Depicts the coat of arms of Seychelles, country name above, date below. REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES |
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Depicts the Space Shuttle Columbia climbing through the atmosphere and dropping solid boosters. SPACE SHUTTLE |
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