Yes. It is harder for a Space Shuttle to break through the Earth's atmosphere when it's going against the rotation of Earth.
No it does not.
The final shuttle launch takes place in July 2011.
The first Space shuttle to launch was Columbia in April of 1981
Discovery was the next shuttle to launch. Over 2 years later.
The first shuttle launch was April 12, 1981. It was called STS-1
A shuttle launch does not create energy. Instead, it expends stored energy from its fuel sources to propel the shuttle into space.
The rockets are launched easterly and get the benefit of of the speed of the earths rotation and there is the entire Atlantic Ocean for safety.
Space Shuttle Atlantis was the last space shuttle to launch at 11:29 a.m. EDT, on July 8, 2011.
The people on nasa's first shuttle launch were Robert L. Crippen and John W. Young.
the person that wants to launch a space shuttle, a space company like NASA or the government
The latest shuttle launch took place on July 8, 2011, which was the final launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) mission.
Generally space shuttles are not used to launch satellites as it is very costly to launch a space shuttle. Rockets with automated systems place satellites in orbit as opposed to a manned shuttle.