Ko te Space Shuttle Edwards he pūnaha mokowā whenua iti reusable whakahaere e te US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) rite te wahi o te hōtaka Space Shuttle. tona ingoa hōtaka mōhiohio ko Space Transportation System (STS), tangohia i te mahere 1969 mō te pūnaha o te waka mokowā reusable o nei ko te tūemi anake pūtea mō te whanaketanga. puta te tuatahi o wha rererangi whakamātautau orbital i roto i 1981, ārahi ki rere whakahaere tīmata i roto i 1982. I tua atu ki te tauira nei i whakakorehia te whakaotinga, i hanga e rima pūnaha mokowā katoa, ka whakamahia i runga i te katoa o 135 misioni i 1981 ki 2011, whakarewahia i te Kennedy Space Center (KSC) i Florida. whakarewa misioni whakahaere maha, pūtirotiro interplanetary, me te Hubble Space Telescope (HST); whakahaere i ngā whakamātautau pūtaiao i roto i te katoa; ka uru i roto i te hanga a rere i roto i te mokowā me te mahi o te waka waka rererangi rererangi waka kawe i roto i roto i te rangi, i te mea i whakamahia tika hoki e toru haora i
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