Space Shuttle On Plane

Air force s mysterious x 37b unmanned space plane dropped out of orbit and landed safely on the same runway.
Space shuttle on plane. The space shuttle was the first operational orbital spacecraft designed for reuse. The first orbital dream chaser space plane recently got its wings and a name. For otv 6 the robotic spacecraft carried a new service module that supports more experiments and. One is a 747 100 model while the other is a short range 747 100sr.
Space shuttle design and development. The diminutive space plane is designed to. This is a tutorial on how to get the space shuttle s engines working in x plane 11 in 5 minutes or less. Dream chaser which is built by colorado based company sierra nevada corp is the world s only non capsule private.
The crawler transporter with. Like the space shuttle the solar powered x 37b space plane launches vertically with the aid of a rocket and cruises back to earth for a runway landing. The orbiters were placed on top of the scas by mate demate devices large gantry like structures that hoisted the orbiters off the ground for post flight servicing then mate. The shuttle carrier aircraft are two extensively modified boeing 747 airliners that nasa used to transport space shuttle orbiters.
Thanks for watching i hope you have fun flyi. Once at kennedy the x 37 is unloaded and towed to the opf where it is prepared for its next flight. The shuttle landing facility at kennedy space center vandenberg air force base or edwards air force base. The scas were used to ferry space shuttles from landing sites back to the shuttle landing facility at the kennedy space center.
The x 37b space plane is about 29 feet 8 8 meters long and resembles a miniature space shuttle. Landing is done at one of three sites across the us. To return to kennedy space center the x 37 is placed into a payload canister and loaded into a boeing c 17 cargo plane. Air force via reuters after a record breaking 780 days circling the earth the u s.