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NASA intends to close out the service life of the space shuttle program by completing work on the [[International Space Station]] by 2010, then switch over to the Orion class crew transport vehicle, using tried-and-true space capsule concepts from the 1960s which are designed to emphasize crew safety.

NASA intends to close out the service life of the space shuttle program by completing work on the [[International Space Station]] by 2010, then switch over to the Orion class crew transport vehicle, using tried-and-true space capsule concepts from the 1960s which are designed to emphasize crew safety.

The [[Soviet Union]] worked on a space shuttle project as well known as the Buran program. The Buran program was canceled due to lack of funding and the declining political situation. The Buran shuttle was launched into orbit in an unmanned test flight that succeeded however it did not fly again.

The [[Soviet Union]] worked on a space shuttle project as well known as the Buran program. The Buran program was canceled due to lack of funding and the declining political situation. The Buran shuttle was launched into orbit in an unmanned test flight that succeeded however it did not fly again. The shuttle was destroyed in 2003, when it's hangar collapsed.

==American Space Shuttle Program==

==American Space Shuttle Program==