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Did the first man who went to the moon travel in a rocket or a space shuttle?
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∙ 14y ago
Technically it was a rocket because up til the, 80s' i think, they used rockets
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe Apollo space missions used the Saturn 5 rocket to get man into moon orbit, then the 'lunar landing craft' was deployed to actually land on the moon.
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What are some movies that have flying shuttle in it?
Space Cowboys (2000) is one of the best examples of space shuttle travel.
What part of the space shuttle circles earth?
The space shuttle orbiter orbits the earth. The solid rocket boosters are jettisoned within the earth's atmosphere, around two minutes after launch and the External Fuel Tank is jettisoned once in space.
Did neil Armstrong use a space shuttle to get to the moon?
No, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were launched in a command module with a lunar module attached aboard a SATURN V rocket, not a space shuttle.
When did the US make the first space shuttle?
The first space shuttle test flights began in 1981, with the first operational flights beginning in 1982.
In 1981 what candy was chosen by the first space shuttle astronauts for part of their space menu?
skittles
Can you travel to space besides a rocket?
yes.. by space shuttle
Was a rocket the first to touch the moon or was it a space shuttle?
Space Shuttle.
How is the US space shuttle different to a rocket?
The space shuttle is designed as an orbital vehicle that can carry a payload into space and return intact. A conventional rocket uses stages which are ejected at various points on its journey into space and then only the top or Capsule returns to earth. This makes for a costly solution to space travel that the shuttle negates.
What is the difference between a space station and the space shuttle?
A Space Station monitors the Space Shuttle being launched into space and so forth. And a Space Shuttle, is like a rocket they send into space. So the difference is a space shuttle is a rocket, and a space station is a building.
Can you see the shuttle in space?
You can not see the space shuttle on Earth, but you can see it in a rocket!
How space shuttle is different from rocket?
becuse rockets are for boming and exblowding an space shuttles are for travel and they also hve differnt fuels
How has space travel changed over time?
first there was made a rocket which could be used only once and after some time there was built a space shuttle which could be used several times.
What is the same between space rockets and space shuttle?
a space shuttle is smaller than an space rocket.
When was the space shuttle Saturn 5 invented?
The first manned space shuttle mission occurred on the 12th of April 1981. However it was the space shuttle Columbia, not the Saturn V rocket. The Saturn V rocket was first used for a manned mission on December the 21st 1968. Two very different space vehicles. The Saturn V rocket was used to send man to the Moon, where as the space shuttle is used to sent humans into Earth orbit.
Is apollp 11 a rocket or space shuttle?
A rocket and capsule.
Which layer of the atmosphere does the space shuttle travel in?
the space shuttle travel in the trophosphere.
Who was the first astronaut to travel in the space shuttle?
There were two men on the first Space Shuttle flight -- John W. Young and Robert Crippen
