To honor the occasion, NASA’s website has a special landing page, together with a detailed retrospective of the event, including facts about the shuttle system, an animated feature detailing the shuttle roll-out process, a short animation explaining the shuttle lift-off process and an infographic with facts about the Space Shuttle Orbiter.
YouTube also has a Space-related logo today, while Google celebrates Yuri Gagarin’s venture into space with a special animated Doodle.
The space shuttle program will also be retired this year.
Check out NASA’s infographic below, and make sure to visit its detailed mini-site devoted to the space shuttle.
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