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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: NASA - Space Shuttle. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Revised the Top Questions section. | Apr 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - 13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle - The Space Shuttle. | Dec 02, 2025 | ||
| Added a Top Questions section. | Jul 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - CiteSeerX - Formal Verification for a Next-Generation Space Shuttle (PDF). | Apr 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Space Shuttle Case Studies: Challenger and Columbia (PDF). | Dec 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Planetary Society - Space Shuttle, the Worlds First Reusable Spacecraft. | Sep 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - The space shuttle was revolutionary for its time. What went wrong? | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - Space Shuttle. | Nov 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - The Space Shuttle. | Apr 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Space.com - Space Shuttle: The first reusable spacecraft. | Sep 05, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Sep 02, 2021 | ||
| Rearranged media. | Nov 27, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - How much are NASA's space shuttles worth? | Jan 16, 2019 | ||
| Removed table. | Jun 15, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 06, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 17, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: European Space Agency - Human and Robotic Exploration - The Space Shuttle. | Mar 22, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 21, 2017 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 01, 2017 | ||
| Diagram of a space shuttle added. | Jun 03, 2014 | ||
| Material about the space shuttle orbiters being placed in museums added. | Jan 03, 2014 | ||
| Video of Enterprise being placed in the Intrepid Museum in New York added. | Jan 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Space Shuttle. | Jan 03, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Space Shuttles. | Jan 03, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Aeronautics and Space Administration - The Shuttle. | Aug 22, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Space Shuttle Program. | Aug 16, 2011 | ||
| Updated for launch of last space shuttle flight in July 2011. | Jul 08, 2011 | ||
| Video of Encyclopædia Britannica editor Erik Gregersen discussing the space shuttle program added. | Jun 28, 2011 | ||
| Updated for end of space shuttle program in 2011 and for future manned flights on Soyuz and commercial spacecraft. | Jul 02, 2010 | ||
| Videos of STS-7 and Challenger explosion added. | Sep 04, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Science - Space Shuttle Program. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: None. | Feb 12, 2009 | ||
| Added cross reference to "Challenger disaster." | Jan 28, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 29, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 12, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 12, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 10, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 28, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 01, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 12, 2000 |
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