The Space Shuttle Edwards aiva zvishoma reusable pasi orbital muchadenga chikepe hurongwa wakashanda ne US National Aeronautics uye Space Administration (NASA) sechikamu Space Shuttle chirongwa. Chirongwa zita rayo raiva Space Transportation System (STS), rakatorwa kubva 1969 urongwa kuti hurongwa reusable muchadenga chikepe iyo chete chinhu mari kukura. wokutanga mana orbital bvunzo ndege kwakaitika muna 1981, zvichiita kuti operative ndege kutanga muna 1982. Kuwedzera kune zvikabva zvaita uyo kupera akanga akadzima, shanu kwakakwana muchadenga chikepe hurongwa dzakavakwa uye akashandiswa pane dzinokwana 135 mishoni kubva 1981 kusvika 2011, yakatanga kubva Kennedy Space Center (KSC) muFlorida. Operational mishoni yakatanga vakawanda, interplanetary vachiongorora, uye Hubble Space Telescope (HST); akavhiyiwa zvesayenzi kuedza; uye muchadenga chikepe chikepe vakatora chikamu mukuvaka uye serviced.
Hubble Space Telescope