The National Space Transportation System is a national resources serving the government, Department of Defense and commercial needs of the USA and others. Four orbital flight tests were completed July 4, 1982, and the first Operational Flight (STS-5) which placed two commercial communications into orbit was conducted November 11, 1982. February 1983 marked the first flight of the newest orbiter, Challenger. Planned firsts in 1983 include: use of higher performance main engines and solid rocket boosters, around-the-clock crew operations, a night landing, extra-vehicular activity, a dedicated DOD mission, and the first flight of a woman crew member. By the end of 1983, five commercial payloads and two tracking and data relay satellites should be deployed and thirty-seven crew members should have made flights aboard the space shuttle.
Status of the National Space Transportation System
1984-10-01
Conference paper
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English
Space Transportation System - Status report
NTRS | 1979
|National space transportation studies
NTRS | 1986
|National Space Transportation Studies
SAE Technical Papers | 1986
|National space transportation systems planning
NTRS | 1985
|National Launch System Space Transportation Main Engine
NTRS | 1991
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