Space Shuttle Wiki

Each space shuttle orbiter was designed for a projected lifespan of 100 launches or ten years of operational life although this was later extended.

Space shuttle wiki. It was a new kind of spacecraft because it could be used again and again. The contract for sta 099 was awarded to north american rockwell on july 26 1972 and construction was completed in february 1978. Space shuttle takes off to california 120920 a ga823 007 jpg 2 863 1 899. 1 63 mb space shuttle 01 jpg 1 772 1 772.

After it had completely crossed the bridge the space shuttle was returned to the robotic dollies. Because of the low production volume of orbiters the space shuttle program decided to build a vehicle as a structural test article sta 099 that could later be converted to a flight vehicle. Cargo such as satellites parts of a space station or scientific instruments were taken up into space by the space shuttle. The space shuttle orbiter a central fuel tank and two rocket boosters.

Space shuttles were used to carry astronauts and cargo into space. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. Like other shuttles the shuttle has three main components. It launched for the first time on mission sts 1 on april 12 1981 the first flight of the space shuttle program serving for over 22 years it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re entry near the end of its 28th mission sts 107 on february 1 2003.

A space shuttle feladatait a tervek szerint részben a jelenleg még fejlesztés alatt álló orion űrhajó veszi át melynek első tesztrepülése 2014. The space shuttle columbia disaster was a fatal incident in the united states space program that occurred on february 1 2003 when the space shuttle columbia ov 102 disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere killing all seven crew members the disaster was the second fatal accident in the space shuttle program after the 1986 breakup of challenger soon after liftoff. 468 kb spaceport usa december 1991 02 jpg 5 937 4 135. The space shuttle was a spacecraft which was used by the american national aeronautics and space administration or nasa.

The space shuttle columbia orbiter vehicle designation. The space shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the national aeronautics and space administration nasa which accomplished routine transportation for earth to orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Az amerikai kormányzat döntése értelmében az űrutazásban nagyobb teret kell engedni a magáncégeknek ezért. December 5 én volt személyzettel való repülését 2020 ra tervezik.

The journey was famous for an unmodified toyota tundra pickup truck pulling the space shuttle across the manchester boulevard bridge. The space shuttle was the first operational orbital spacecraft designed for reuse.