Why are there no more space shuttles?

“The bottom line answer is that it was too expensive. Way too expensive,” former NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory system engineer Mark Adler wrote in 2015. “The shuttle and the space station completely dominated NASA’s budget for human space flight, to the point that no significant new developments were possible.

Where is Atlantis space shuttle?

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Atlantis is currently displayed at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

How many space shuttles were destroyed?

In the course of 135 missions flown, two orbiters were destroyed, with loss of crew totalling 14 astronauts: Challenger – lost 73 seconds after liftoff, STS-51-L, January 28, 1986.

Were the bodies of Columbia crew recovered?

The remains of all seven astronauts who were killed in the space shuttle Columbia tragedy have been recovered, US officials said last night. …

Where are the remaining space shuttles now?

On April 12, 2011, NASA announced a selection of locations for the remaining Shuttle orbiters: Los Angeles, California. * Prior to its move to New York, Enterprise was displayed at the Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia, where Discovery has taken its place.

What happened to the Space Shuttles in 2011?

Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down for the final time, July 21, 2011, at the end of STS-135. The retirement of NASA’s Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery was the first of the three active space shuttles to be retired, completing its final mission on March 9, 2011; Endeavour did so on June 1.

What was the 135th and last Space Shuttle to land?

Atlantis landed this morning here at Kennedy Space Center, capping off a 13-day mission to the International Space Station that was the 135th and final shuttle mission ever. [ Photos: NASA’s Last Space Shuttle Landing in History]

What was the last mission of the Space Shuttle program?

Space Shuttle Atlantis begins the last mission of the Space Shuttle program. Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down for the final time, July 21, 2011, at the end of STS-135.