The shuttle does not fire it's engines in space, it only fires orbit adjusters.
because there is no oxygen in space so fire can't burn the shuttle
The space shuttle is able to fire its engines in space because it takes the needed oxygen with it.
The entire Shuttle countdown is choreographered and pre-planned. During the last 10 seconds the Space Shuttle's main engines fire, check themselves, the entire stack swings with the thrust, and the boosters ignite.
with fire
Easy the shuttle that is currently in orbit is going about 25,405 feet per second (17,322 statute miles per hour). In order to get back to Earth the shuttle will fire a In order to return to earth, the shuttle fires its Orbital Manuevering Engines (OMS) in the direction opposite to its orbit, also known as a "de-orbit burn" . It only slows down by about 200 m.p.h. in order to begin "falling" back to earth.
The space shuttle was developed because the weight of satellites or payload required huge rockets. The shuttle main claim to fame is that it was also reusable. The only thing that is not recovered after launch is the liquid hydrogen fuel tank. The solid rockets on either side of the hydrogen tank burn out, separate, then fall to Earth. After the solid rocket separation the shuttles main engines continue to fire to get into orbit. When the fuel tank is separated it burns up in the atmosphere.
Fire needs oxygen in order to burn, and there is no oxygen in space, so rockets must take oxygen with them.
The Space Shuttle has enough residual fuel on board to fire it's main engines just long enoughto orient to the correct position and move out of orbit. From that point on, gravity takes over, and the shuttle glides all the way to the ground - one it leaves orbit, no engine power is used at all.
If you're talking about on a space shuttle, it is most likely still red. In actual space, it is impossible to light fires because fire needs oxygen to sustain itself. Space only has vacuum.
It is not set on fire. As the space shuttle enters the atmosphere it is moving extremely fast, more than 17,000 miles per hour. In incredible speed causes the air around it to heat up to the point that it glows.
simple rocket science...the fuel tank on a space shuttle carries it's own oxygen in a separate hull NEXT to the actual fuel (hydrogen) tank which allows the fuel to burn, as there is no oxygen in the vacuum of space, and fire, of course, needs plenty of oxygen...
If there is oxygen on the space station, a fire could burn. Fans do not produce oxygen, but they could help spread the fire.