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Pay load is the total weight of the instruments, passengers, crew, and life-support systems that a space shuttle carries or can carry. The usual payload capacity for the space shuttle is 22,700 kilograms, but it can be raised depending on the choice of launch arrangement. Pay loads get off the earth by being launched in to orbit with either two different booster stages. The space shuttle gets the payload of the earth by using fuel tanks. The payload is attached to the space shuttle and is carried onto it when going into space.
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How are Space Shuttles and Space Stations used?
blast off
How do astronauts breath with their suits off in their space shuttles?
Space shuttles are pressurized so that the oxygen stays inside the shuttle.
What do shuttles do in space?
space shuttles fix all kinds off satelites they help fix any kind of spacecraft.the space shuttles have been launching since 1977 from NASA.space shuttles are very useful space craft to help fix things in outer space .by George Philip if you like space shuttles a lot there is a Lego set
How do single stage rockets get payload off Earth?
The single-stage rocket can get the payload off earth, but not into space, because there is not enough fuel, and the weight eventually becomes too great. So at some point, the rocket will fall back down to earth. For this reason, most single-stage rockets are missiles.
How many space shuttles have exploded at take off or re entry?
2
Where was the space shuttle blast off?
All 5 Space Shuttles launch from Kennedy Space Center on the east coast of Florida, USA.
What is the difference between space satellite and space shuttle?
A Satellite gives off signels. Shuttles do but not ones that are helpful to us. :P
What are spacecrafts designed to take off with rocket assistance and then land like airplanes called?
space shuttles.!
Spacecrafts designed to take off with rocket assistance and then land like airplanes are called?
space shuttles.!
Is a reusable vehcial that takes off like a rocket and lands like an airplane?
The space shuttles fit that description.
What powered the Mars rover mission?
A lot of space crafts and space shuttles get their power from an immense amount of pressure from gas which causes them to blast off.
What are five Space Shuttles that crashed?
None crashed they broke apart and there were only two Space Shuttles that did so. Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart on take-off over the Atlantic Ocean in 1986 and Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart on re-entry over East Texas in 2003.
