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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle Status for 10/05/90 (Forwarded)
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Date: 20 Oct 90 19:30:00 GMT
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In article <359@rhum.tcom.stc.co.uk> billyk@tcom.stc.co.uk (Billy Khan) writes:
> I need to know how many shuttles there are and the names of them,
> and if possible the dates of manufacture.

NASA

ID      Name        Maiden Flight
??      Pathfinder  - (Engineering Test Platform)
OV-101  Enterprise  August 12, 1977 (Glide Test)
OV-102  Columbia    April 12, 1981 (STS-1)
OV-99   Challenger  April 4, 1983 (STS-6)
OV-103  Discovery   August 30, 1984 (41-D, STS-12)
OV-104  Atlantis    October 3, 1985 (51-J, STS-21)
OV-105  Endoever    - (Still Under Construction)

USSR

ID      Name        Maiden Flight
??      Buran      Summer 1988
??      ??          ??

Both Challenger and Buran have been retiered.  I do not have
much in the way of printed information on the Soviet Space
Shuttle.  The first Buran has been retired.  It suffered wing
damage due to heat on its only flight.  I do not know if this
is the reason that the Soviets have retired Buran, but I suspect
that it is more similar to the reasons that Enterprise was retired.
The Soviets have at least one more shuttle, and rumor has it that
it will fly next summer.  I am also not sure whether Buran is
the name of one shuttle, or if it refers to the whole program.

For more details, pick up a copy of the Omni Space Almanac
(available from Waldens or B. Daltons).  This is a very good
started for information on anything related to space.

-john-

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