 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ngarava dzeShuttle dzakarasikirwa namapuraneti maviri navafambisi vengarava 14 munjodzi mbiri: Challenger muna 1986, uye Columbiamuna 2003. Nepo kurasikirwa kwacho muna 1986 kwakaderedzwa nokuvakwa kwechikepe ichi kubva pazvinhu zvitsva, NASA haina kuvaka chimwe chitundumuseremusere kuti chinatsiva kurasikirwa kwechipiri. Purogiramu yeNASA yeSpace Shuttle yakanga ine mamishinari 135 apo purogiramu yacho yakaguma nekubudirira kweSpace Shuttle Atlantis paKennedy Space Center musi waJuly 21, 2011. Purogiramu yacho yakatambanuka makore 30 navanopfuura vafambisi vengarava 300 vakatumirwa muchadenga. 