The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011. It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA. The Space Shuttle, officially known as the Space Transportation System (STS), was the first reusable spacecraft to carry humans into orbit.

Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most utilized orbiter. Discovery was flown on 39 Earth-orbital missions, spent a total of 365 days in space, and traveled almost 240 million kilometers (150 million miles)--more than the other orbiters.

Furthermore I also randomly checked missions following STS-35 (1990), which were also documented by Ares67 in his awesome Thread Ares’ Space Shuttle Video Vault, what I can highly recommend to all shuttle freaks. According to that the STS-55 (04/26/1993) was the last mission in which the NASA Worm shone on the Astrovan.

For a Space Shuttle entry, range to the landing site is controlled by managing drag. You manage drag by controlling altitude. You control altitude by adjusting roll.

So the JSC number seems to point to a JSC internal or contractor report. Then searching for "JSC-11174, Space Shuttle Systems Handbook" turns up even more hits. One example: "Space Shuttle Systems Handbook, Mission Operations Directorate, Systems Division, JSC-11174, Part 3, Sections 15-22, Rev. F" Would you please post the JPEG files here?

SHUTTLE OPERATIONS PREFACE The Flight Control Operations Handbook Shuttle Operations document is prepared by the CSOC Human Space Flight Ground Control Group. The primary responsibility is with the Ground Control Group. In the event of conflict between this document and any other documentation, this document will govern.

It is visible in many photographs of space crew activity and crew work areas. Duct tape helped save the Apollo 13 crew and the Apollo 17 lunar rover. NASA recorded that this roll of ordinary duct tape returned with the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing crew on Space Shuttle mission STS-125 in 2009. Display Status

Vandenberg and the space shuttle (part 1) by Dwayne A. Day Monday, October 28, 2024 In the early 1980s, excitement was rapidly building at Vandenberg Air Force Base and its surrounding areas on California’s Central Coast as the Air Force began construction of numerous new facilities to support the space shuttle.

STS-121 -- "and liftoff of the Space Shuttle Discovery, returning to the Space Station -- paving the way for future missions and beyond." STS-115 -- "and liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis, opening a new chapter in the completion of the International Space Station for the collaboration of nations in space."