The space shuttle program launched the Hubble space telescope, helped construct the International Space Station and more in its 30 years of service.
, on board the space shuttle Challenger in 1983 during STS-7. Above, she is pictured in a mission specialist seat preparing for de-orbit.below shows Guion"Guy" Bluford, who became the first African-American astronaut to fly in space on board Challenger during STS-8. He is pictured in-flight using one of the shuttle's treadmills.
Guion"Guy" Bluford working during the STS-8 mission, in which he became the first African-American to fly in space.The Hubble Space Telescope is deployed into orbit around the Earth by the space shuttle Discovery in 1990 during STS-31.In April 1990, space shuttle Discovery launched the iconic Hubble Space Telescope into orbit around the Earth., is pictured above, still attached to Discovery in space during STS-31. The photo was taken with a handheld Hasselblad camera.
At one point, a number of the ISS' solar arrays refused to retract back into their storage boxes, which had to be corrected by troubleshooting on the ground. The photo above shows astronauts Robert Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang on the first of what was to be multiple spacewalks during the mission.Astronaut Mike Fossum on a spacewalk during STS-135, the last mission of the shuttle program.STS-135 was the final mission of the space shuttle program. It saw the space shuttle Atlantis launch on July 8, 2011 and land on July 21.
In the photo above, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, who was already aboard the ISS at the time of STS-135, is pictured pointing at the camera whilst on a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk devoted to ISS maintenance and construction.
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