NASA Space Shuttle Owners'' Workshop Manual (3, 2011) | David Baker

Haynes Publishing Group

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Designed between 1969 and 1972 and first flown into space in 1981, the NASA Shuttle will have flown almost 140 missions by the time it is retired in 2010. David Baker describes the origin of the reusable launch vehicle concept during the 1960s, its evolut…