The orange tank does not get retrived, it is left to burn up in the atmosphere. However, the two Solid Rocket Boosters attached to the side of the main tank do get collected as they fall into the ocean having detached 2 minutes after launch.
Drilling into the ground, mining.
The duration of Falling From Earth is 1.17 hours.
Falling From Earth was created in 2007-12.
0.01671123 (from Wikipedia, article "Earth", retrieved 2011-02-22)
Our Earth is not in a falling orbit.
Once it hits the Earth's surface, it will stop falling.
When an object is free falling, it has only the force of gravity acting on it. This causes the object to accelerate downwards at a rate of 9.8 m/s^2 (on Earth). At the same time, the object experiences no air resistance or external forces influencing its motion.
the external heat is the sun
Earth. It's a naturally occurring element retrieved through mining.
This natural wonder is the largest curtain of falling water on earth
When the external tank separates from the space shuttle after the main engines shut down, it re-enters Earth's atmosphere and disintegrates. The tank is not designed to survive re-entry and burns up as it falls back to Earth, with any remaining debris falling into the ocean.
No, the moon is not falling towards the Earth. It is actually moving away from our planet at a very slow rate.