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What is the name of the first space shuttle that traveled to earths orbit?
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Columbia was the first shuttle to enter orbit. This was the same shuttle that was destroyed during re-entry in January 2003, with the loss of seven astronauts.
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What are some nasa missions?
Columbiawas the first Space Shuttle that traveled to Earth orbit. .
How much thrust for space shuttle to break orbit?
The Space Shuttle is not capable of leaving Earths orbit.
What is the first space shuttle sent into orbit?
Columbia was the first shuttle in to orbit on April 13, 1981
Second space shuttle to orbit th earth?
The second Shuttle into orbit was the Challenger; the first was Columbiachallenger, June 1983
When did the first space shuttle go into space?
On April 12, 1981 the space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle to orbit the Earth.
When was the first space shuttle put into orbit?
April 12 1981. The shuttle Columbia.
How did the space shuttle program begin?
with lance Armstrong being the first women on the moon It was Neil Armstrong that was the first man on the moon. And the space shuttle began because they needed something that was reusable and only needed to enter earths low earth orbit.
What was the first space shuttle to reach Earth's Orbit?
Columbia
After a shuttle is launched into orbit what happens to gravity?
There is no gravity in space but the shuttle stays in orbit because of the Earths gravity and inertia. The inertia keeps it going in a circular motion. In space the Earth's gravity is strong enough to hold something in orbit but not strong enough to pull it to Earth's surface.
How they stay in orbit in space without crashing back to earth or flying off into space?
they are able to stay in orbit because of the earths gravitaional pull which keeps the shuttle in orbit so that it will not crash there is a theory that if the earths gravity changed the slightest bit everything we know would change
What was first man to orbit the earths spacecraft?
Vostok I.
What was the name of the first shuttle launched?
The name of the first space shuttle that was run through free flight simulation was Enterprise, but the first space shuttle to actually reach orbit was Columbia in 1981.
