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All spacecraft have power generators to provide electricity and other power they need.

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Q: How does a space shuttle receive electricity when in space?
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How does space shuttles get there water and electricity?

The shuttle takes water from Earth and gets electricity from solar panels.


How will solar technology help astronauts?

because when there in space they could use the suns energy to produce electricity for there space shuttle.


What is the name of the american space shuttle that goes into orbit?

There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.


What type of satellite provides power for shuttle missions?

Satellites don't provide power for space shuttles. The shuttle could receive power from the international space station, but besides that, the shuttle wouldn't take any power from any satellites.


What is the source of electricity on board the space shuttle?

The Space Shuttle uses fuel cells to produce electricity. The hydrogen (H2) is burned with the oxygen (O2) to produce clean water (H2O). The heat is used to produce the electricity. The fresh water is then used by the crew or transfered to the International Space Station for drinking and showering. The Apollo Service Modules used a similar system for power and water.


When was the first space shuttle invented?

The first space shuttle invented was the space shuttle enterprise.


What was the last space shuttle ever built?

Space Shuttle Endeavour was the final Space Shuttle built. It was built to replace Space Shuttle Challenger.


Why the space shuttle had to do with space?

The space shuttle went into space and studied outer space.


What was the 1st name of the space shuttle?

Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.


Which space shuttle exploded in 2003?

The Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first shuttle to fly into space in 1981.


What was US's space shuttle called?

Space Shuttle.


What was the second space shuttle?

Space Shuttle Challenger.