On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL. 73 seconds into the flight, the shuttle broke apart and fell into the ocean.
NASA Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off on a mission to the international space station. This was the shuttle
Valerie Neal, National Air and Space Museum Space History Department Chair, talks about the space shuttle program.
Space Shuttle: A Remarkable Flying Machine is a NASA documentary of the first Space Shuttle Mission. Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off on April 12, 1981, and stayed in orbit for about two days.