Space Shuttle Facts

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Space shuttle facts. The space shuttle was the first operational orbital spacecraft designed for reuse. Whether awaiting liftoff from kennedy space center s launch pads or undergoing space age upgrades nasa s space shuttle orbiters were majestic in appearance intricate in design and advanced in the possibilities they offered mankind in the exploration of our universe. The challenger didn t actually explode. Space shuttle also called space transportation system partially reusable rocket launched vehicle designed to go into orbit around earth to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft and to glide to a runway landing on its return to earth s surface that was developed by the u s.

National aeronautics and space administration nasa. Relatively few people actually saw the challenger. Space shuttle design and development. Facts about the space shuttles.

Space shuttles could carry satellites space. Although over 600 astronauts have flown to outer space on the space shuttle only about seven can fly out at one time. The astronauts aboard the shuttle didn t die instantly. Interesting space shuttle facts.

After the collapse of its fuel tank the challenger itself. The space shuttle s three main engines operated for 8 minutes and 40 seconds for each shuttle flight with a combined output of 37 million horsepower. The space shuttle was engulfed in a cloud of fire just 73 seconds after. The combined mileage of all five orbiters is 513 7 million miles 826 7 million km or 1 3 times the.

Space shuttle main engine 08 03 11 developed in the 1970s by the marshall space flight center the space shuttle main engine was the world s most sophisticated reusable rocket engine. Two of the five space shuttles were destroyed during their time of space travel which is an insanely large failure rate for modern travel. Billowing clouds of smoke and steam roll away from the launch pad while the water below captures the brilliance of the flames as the space shuttle soars above the lightning mast. September 19 2019 the christa mcauliffe commemorative coin act of 2019 is passed.

The space shuttle was the first piece of space exploration technology that was reusable. The space shuttle had an average maximum flight distance of 350 miles or almost 565 kilometers which would mean it would need to fly 680 times further to reach the moon. January 28 1986 the space shuttle challenger explodes 73 seconds into flight at approximately 11 40 a m. The longest orbit of the space shuttle lasted 17 days.

Facts the space shuttle is the world s first reusable spacecraft launching like a rocket orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. 8 surprising space shuttle facts 1.