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Two Jumbo Jets as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft  The Space Shuttle Program continued for almost 30 years, starting in 1981 with the STS-1 mission and ending in 2011 with the STS-135 mission. A total number of 135 missions have been flown with five shuttles: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavor. Two shuttles were completely lost…