Description
This design is a schematic from the Space Shuttle program (officially Space Transportation System (STS)), a NASA program which began in 1972, and flew missions between 1981 and 2011. Designed by North American Rockwell, now Rockwell International, the Space Shuttle was a marvel of engineering and was the first re-usable spacecraft. The primary reason for its development was to support a future space station, as part of its low earth orbital infrastructure program.