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The space shuttle is powered by three fuel cell power plants. The fuel cells are located under the payload bay area in the forward portion of the space shuttle's midfusalage. The three power cells operate independantly of each other, with each supplying it's own isolated 28-volt DC bus. The fuel cells are made up of a power section and an accessory section. In the power section, hydrogen and oxygen are transformed into electrical power, heat, and water. The accessory section controls and monitors the power section's performance. The water produced from the fuel cells is either used for crew consumption, used for cooling the shuttle's Freon-21 coolant loops, or is dumped overboard as waste water.
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What type of satellite provides power for shuttle missions?
Satellites don't provide power for space shuttles. The shuttle could receive power from the international space station, but besides that, the shuttle wouldn't take any power from any satellites.
Horse power is in a space shuttle?
There is over 37 million horsepower in a Space Shuttle. This amount of horsepower is forced through all of the three Space Shuttle main engines in under 25 seconds.
How does a space shuttle receive electricity when in space?
All spacecraft have power generators to provide electricity and other power they need.
What is the name of the american space shuttle that goes into orbit?
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
When was the first space shuttle invented?
The first space shuttle invented was the space shuttle enterprise.
Do space shuttle use any other power source?
the space shuttle is propeled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen oxidiser.
What type of satellite provides power for shuttle missions?
Satellites don't provide power for space shuttles. The shuttle could receive power from the international space station, but besides that, the shuttle wouldn't take any power from any satellites.
Horse power is in a space shuttle?
There is over 37 million horsepower in a Space Shuttle. This amount of horsepower is forced through all of the three Space Shuttle main engines in under 25 seconds.
What makes a space shuttle lift off from earth?
power pure power
What types of fuel power the space shuttle?
fossil fuels
How does a space shuttle receive electricity when in space?
All spacecraft have power generators to provide electricity and other power they need.
What is the name of the american space shuttle that goes into orbit?
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
What does it use to help the space shuttle get to space?
A power called thrust and Newton's 3rd law of space which states that there is an opposite reaction. the rocket fuel goes down which pushes the space shuttle up.
When was the first space shuttle invented?
The first space shuttle invented was the space shuttle enterprise.
What was the last space shuttle ever built?
Space Shuttle Endeavour was the final Space Shuttle built. It was built to replace Space Shuttle Challenger.
How is a space shuttle a glider?
When the Shuttle returns to earth, it does not use any engine power, it 'glides' back to a safe landing.
Why the space shuttle had to do with space?
The space shuttle went into space and studied outer space.
