Shuttle crew checking craft for damage - CBS News
Using robot arm to look over heat shield critical for re-entry to be sure it made it through launch in good shape
www.cbsnews.comI don’t have live tool access right now to pull the very latest headlines, but here’s a concise update based on recent publicly available context about Space Shuttle orbiters.
- The Space Shuttle program ended in 2011 with the final flight of Atlantis, and the orbiters have since been retired to museums for public display.[2][8]
- The status of individual orbiters today is that they are preserved in museum displays, with Atlantis and Discovery among the most prominent examples shown to the public; there have been ongoing efforts around their exhibits and related facilities.[3][8][2]
- NASA continues to maintain historical records and indicates continued public-facing information about the shuttle program, but there are no new operational Space Shuttle flights or active orbiters in service as of the latest public updates.[6][8]
If you’d like, I can search for the very latest articles and provide direct links and brief summaries. I can also pull up museum locations and visiting hours for the remaining orbiters on display. Would you like me to look up current news and museum info?