REUTERS - Space shuttles have played a pivotal role in the U.S. space program. They made their debut in 1981 and enabled NASA to learn how to live and work in orbit. But the workhorse spacecraft proved more expensive and risky to fly than originally hoped.
Here is a timeline on the shuttle program:
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