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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- State Education Commissioner Charlie Crist (center) talks to students from Ronald McNair Magnet School, Cocoa, Fla., after launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100. Crist was commemorating the 20th anniversary of Space Shuttle program with his visit to KSC for the launch KSC-01pp0852
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Students from Ronald McNair Magnet School, Cocoa, Fla.,; excitedly watch the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100 in the company of the State Commissioner of Education Charlie Crist (center). Crist was commemorating the 20th anniversary of Space Shuttle program with his visit to KSC for the launch KSC01pp0844
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Students from Ronald McNair Magnet School, Cocoa, Fla., applaud the successful launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100. Also applauding is the State Education Commissioner Charlie Crist (center). Crist was commemorating the 20th anniversary of Space Shuttle program with his visit to KSC for the launch KSC-01pp0851
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Students from Ronald McNair Magnet School, Cocoa, Fla., follow the path of the Space Shuttle Endeavour after its launch on mission STS-100. The State Education Commissioner Charlie Crist (center) points to rising Shuttle. Crist was commemorating the 20th anniversary of Space Shuttle program with his visit to KSC for the launch KSC01pp0845
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Space Shuttle program, the State Education Commissioner Charlie Crist (center), joins 24 students from Ronald McNair Magnet School, Cocoa, for the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100 KSC01pp0842
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At a launch observation site, State Education Commissioner Charlie Crist (left) talks with astronaut Sam Durrance. Crist was commemorating the 20th anniversary of Space Shuttle program with his visit to KSC for the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100. He accompanied students from Ronald McNair Magnet School, Cocoa, Fla KSC-01pp0847
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- State Education Commissioner Charlie Crist (front left) walks with students from Ronald McNair Magnet School, Cocoa, Fla., after watching the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100. Behind at left is teacher Nicole Waxberg, who chaperoned the students. Crist was commemorating the 20th anniversary of Space Shuttle program with his visit to KSC KSC-01pp0856
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- State Education Commissioner Charlie Crist (left) and astronaut Sam Durrance (center) talk to a child and his mother who are waiting at an observation site to watch the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100. Crist was commemorating the 20th anniversary of Space Shuttle program with his visit to KSC for the launch. He accompanied students from Ronald McNair Magnet School, Cocoa, Fla KSC-01pp0848
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- State Education Commissioner Charlie Crist (background, right) talks to students from Ronald McNair Magnet School, Cocoa, Fla., on the school bus that brought them to KSC for the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100. Crist was commemorating the 20th anniversary of Space Shuttle program with his visit to KSC for the launch. In uniform (center) is astronaut Sam Durrance, who also accompanied the students. At far left is teacher Nicole Waxberg, who chaperoned the students KSC-01pp0849
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Students from Ronald McNair Magnet School, Cocoa, Fla., enjoy the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100 in the company of the State Education Commissioner Charlie Crist (center). Crist was commemorating the 20th anniversary of Space Shuttle program with his visit to KSC for the launch KSC01pp0843
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Students from Ronald McNair Magnet School, Cocoa, Fla., enjoy the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100 in the company of the State Education Commissioner Charlie Crist (center). Crist was commemorating the 20th anniversary of Space Shuttle program with his visit to KSC for the launch
The Space Shuttle program was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011, administered by NASA and officially beginning in 1972. The Space Shuttle system—composed of an orbiter launched with two reusable solid rocket boosters and a disposable external fuel tank— carried up to eight astronauts and up to 50,000 lb (23,000 kg) of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO). When its mission was complete, the orbiter would re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and lands as a glider. Although the concept had been explored since the late 1960s, the program formally commenced in 1972 and was the focus of NASA's manned operations after the final Apollo and Skylab flights in the mid-1970s. It started with the launch of the first shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981, on STS-1. and finished with its last mission, STS-135 flown by Atlantis, in July 2011.
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