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How does the space shuttle return to earth?
The STS or Space Shuttle uses a glide recovery system (like an airplane) to return and land on the ground. In the end, it is assisted by a parachute (only to decrease the speed of the shuttle at landing.)When given the command from Houston, it will slam into Earth's atmosphere. This will create enough friction between the Space Shuttle and Earth's atmosphere to heat the Shuttle's belly to 3,000+ F. The Shuttle will then glide to it's landing runway in either California or Florida, and land like an airplane.
Why does a space shuttle have wings and a tail like an airplane?
So it can glide back to earth and land like and airplane.
What was the purpose of the enterprise space shuttle?
Glide landing training
What was the last space shuttle to orbit earth?
Space Shuttle Atlantis.
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 did space shuttle enterprise land?
the enterprise was not a space shuttle it was justa a prototype launched off the back of a plane to see how good it could glide back to earth.
How does the space shuttle return to earth?
The STS or Space Shuttle uses a glide recovery system (like an airplane) to return and land on the ground. In the end, it is assisted by a parachute (only to decrease the speed of the shuttle at landing.)When given the command from Houston, it will slam into Earth's atmosphere. This will create enough friction between the Space Shuttle and Earth's atmosphere to heat the Shuttle's belly to 3,000+ F. The Shuttle will then glide to it's landing runway in either California or Florida, and land like an airplane.
Why does a space shuttle have wings and a tail like an airplane?
So it can glide back to earth and land like and airplane.
What was the purpose of the enterprise space shuttle?
Glide landing training
What was the last space shuttle to orbit earth?
Space Shuttle Atlantis.
What is Yuri Gagarin's space shuttle?
Yuri Gagarin didn't fly in a space shuttle- they weren't invented till the late 1970s and in the U.S. He launched up in VOSTOK 1, the rocket itself called VOSTOK 3KA, in a small capsule that would plummet back to earth (not glide back to a runway like the space shuttle)
Can you see the shuttle in space?
You can not see the space shuttle on Earth, but you can see it in a rocket!
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.
How does a space shuttle get to space and back to earth?
The Space Shuttle lands like a plane. When it gets to earth, there is a runway and it will land smoothly on the ground.
Can the space shuttle travel to the moon?
No. The space shuttle can only reach low Earth orbit.
How do space shuttles get payload back to earth?
When the space shuttle goes through the atmosphere, the space shuttle can then by itself land safely because no fuel will be needed. You can use the atmosphere of the earth to slow the space shuttle down allowing it land safely with the payload. The payload will still be on the space shuttle because it won't be removed, only the equipment will be removed from the space shuttle. The shuttle has to do no work whatsoever when bringing it back to earth because it won't be needing fuel when landing on earth.
The space shuttle travels in the?
The space shuttle travels in low earth orbit (LEO), from 120 to 380 miles in space.
