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They use a vehicle with a heavily heat insulated underside. The heat shield protects them from the intense heat generated from the friction of passing through the atmosphere, which also acts as a brake.
Further down they rely on more traditional aerodynamic features. The Space Shuttle used wings, and landed as a (very poor) aircraft, other craft use parachutes for the final descent.
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Why do the space shuttles get hot when they come back to earth?
landing
What kind of tests do astronauts take?
Astronauts have to do tests such as the comet, where they go on a short trip into space on a special plane, so they can get used to low gravity. They need to do alot of muscle workouts because they lose so much weight during space they could come back to earth and not be able to stand up because of the gravity
What happens when a space shuttle leaves your atmosphere?
It will go to space and come back to earth in 2 years.
When did Apollo 1 come back to earth?
It never left. The spacecraft had an electrical fire during testing, killing the three astronauts aboard.
Why did Americans invent the space shuttle?
THe American's built the space shuttle to have a reusable rocket that could go out into space and come back to earth.
Do astronauts loose their memory when they come back to earth?
No... they went to the moon, didn't undergo a lobotomy. There is no reason for astronauts to loose their memories when they returned to earth.
Why would astronauts come back from space taller?
When you are on earth the gravity is holding down or putting pressure on your vertebrae and then when you are in space i isn't putting any pressure on your vertebrae, so it stretches out an inch or two.
Why do astronauts have to exercise 2 hours a day?
because then they won't be sore when they come back to earth.
Was Apollo 13 successful?
No. It never reached the moon and it was almost lost when it was trying to come back to earth. The astronauts were lucky to have gotten back to earth alive.
Do astronauts live longer if sent into space?
Technically they do not live longer and in other ways they do. If an Astronaut spends enough time in space then time to them will flow slower than it would on earth. When astronauts spend time on the ISS they come back younger as time for them has gone by slower. Yes this is a hard concept to explain
What fun do astronauts have in space?
Dude their in space, come on! They have all the fun.
Why do the space shuttles get hot when they come back to earth?
landing
What kind of tests do astronauts take?
Astronauts have to do tests such as the comet, where they go on a short trip into space on a special plane, so they can get used to low gravity. They need to do alot of muscle workouts because they lose so much weight during space they could come back to earth and not be able to stand up because of the gravity
How do astronauts adjust when returning from space?
They adjust in the space-ship, while they are returning they calm down and work on the ship and things that the gathered so that when they come back they remove the suit etc, and they are back home.
What happens when a space shuttle leaves your atmosphere?
It will go to space and come back to earth in 2 years.
How will the men in space come back to earth?
A rocket, the same way they got there!
Where does the light come from to let the astronauts see the earth?
The sun.
