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The Naming of the First Space Shuttle

On September 17, 1976, NASA presented its first space shuttle orbiter, OV-101, to the public. NASA is the space agency of the United States. A space shuttle orbiter is a spacecraft which carries people into space. It then returns to Earth like an airplane. The agency first wanted to call the new vehicle Constitution. However, almost 100,000 fans of Star…

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