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Falcon 9

SpaceX

Falcon 9 is a reusable, two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond. It is the world's first orbital-class reusable rocket and the workhorse of modern spaceflight.

Height: 70 m
Diameter: 3.7 m
Liftoff mass: 549 t
Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg
Stages: 2 (reusable first stage)
Liftoff thrust: 7,600 kN
First flight: Jun 2010
Status: Active

flight record

774

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99.4%

success

657

successful

Jun 04, 2010 — Mar 31, 2031

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"Falcon 9 - SpaceX" (https://skfb.ly/6RIC9) by Stanley Creative is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Space Shuttle

NASA

The Space Shuttle was NASA's partially reusable low-Earth-orbit spacecraft system, flown from 1981 to 2011. Its winged orbiter launched vertically on twin solid rocket boosters, carried crews and cargo like the Hubble Space Telescope and ISS modules, and landed as a glider.

Height: 56.1 m
Orbiter length: 37.2 m
Liftoff mass: 2,030 t
Payload to LEO: 27,500 kg
Crew: up to 8
Liftoff thrust: 30,160 kN
First flight: Apr 1981
Final flight: Jul 2011
Status: Retired

flight record

135

launches

98.5%

success

133

successful

Apr 12, 1981 — Jul 08, 2011

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Orbiter Discovery (OV-103)

NASA

Discovery is the most-flown Space Shuttle orbiter, launching 39 missions including the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope and both return-to-flight missions. This 3D scan was captured by the Smithsonian, where Discovery is on display.

Length: 37.2 m
Wingspan: 23.8 m
Crew: up to 8
Missions flown: 39
Days in space: 365
Orbits completed: 5,830
First flight: Aug 1984
Final flight: Mar 2011
Status: Museum (Smithsonian)

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100.0%

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Aug 30, 1984 — Feb 24, 2011

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"Orbiter Space Shuttle OV-103 Discovery" (https://skfb.ly/6WoIA) by The Smithsonian Institution is licensed under CC0 1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).