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Updated 01 February 2003, 17.18 
Since the first space shuttle flight in 1981, there have been many sucessful flights. Here are a few facts about the shuttle.
- Shuttle Fleet: Enterprise, Columbia (broke up 2003), Challenger (exploded 1986), Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavor
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Cost of Endeavor: $ 2.1 billion
- Oldest Shuttle: Columbia (OV-102) was the oldest of Nasa's fleet of space planes.
- Shuttles made of two parts:The engines, which fall off after launch, and the orbiter which holds the astronauts
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Total Weight at lift-off: 2.04 million kg (4.5 million pounds)
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Shuttle System Length: 56.08 m (184 feet)
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Orbiter Length: 37.19 m (122 feet)
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Orbiter Wingspan: 23.77 m (78 feet)
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Hottest Temperature on Re-entry: 1650 degrees c
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