Space Shuttle (per mission)
The Space Shuttle program conducted 135 missions from 1981 to 2011, with the total lifetime cost averaging $1.5 billion per mission when including all program overhead from development through retirement.
Estimated value as of 2010 · Source: https://www.space.com/11358-nasa-space-shuttle-program-cost-30-years.html
Fun Fact
NASA originally projected shuttle mission costs at just $10.5 million in 1971 dollars, but actual costs reached up to $300 million per flight in those same dollars due to challenges like thermal protection system maintenance.
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