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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-29-05 02:31 PM
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What were the names of all the NASA shuttles ever?
The ones I know or think are:
Enterprise
Columbia
Challenger
Endevour
Atlantis
Discovery
Oydessy

Is that right? Are there more?
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-29-05 02:33 PM
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1. Don't think there ever was an "Odyssey".
And the "Enterprise" was only used for atmospheric glide and landing tests.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-29-05 02:35 PM
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2. Odyssey?
As in Odyssey 5?

The middle 5 are correct. Enterprise never really flew, it just kinda glided. Of course Columbia and Challenger are now gone.
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-29-05 02:48 PM
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3. Enterprise still counts.
It was a shuttle. It was the prototype, and even though it never flew, it still counts.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-29-05 02:59 PM
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4. Technically, it was not a Shuttle.
Edited on Fri Apr-29-05 02:59 PM by XNASA
The Shuttle is the entire vehicle as it sits on the launch pad. The Shuttle system includes the External Tank, the Solid Rocket Boosters and the Orbiter.

Most people mistakenly refer to Orbiters as Shuttles.

So it's really not even technically correct to call Discovery, for example, a 'shuttle'. Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour are called "Orbiters" by NASA personel.
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