The space shuttle uses liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen as fuel. Generally a sufficient quantity of fuel is carried but if need be re-fuelling can be done in space.
Enough to carry a bus in it's payload bay.
The last space shuttle mission was STS-135
"the space shuttle can carry anything if it is at a reasonable size .
Atlantis was the last space shuttle, But the mission was STS-135
first the rocket boosters carry it into space then the external tank pushes the shuttle above earth then when the shuttle is ready the external tank falls off and the shuttle is ready for its mission then after its mission the shuttle lands and blows out a parachute come out from the back to help the shuttle slow down.any parts from the rocket or shuttle can be reused except the external tank.
first the rocket boosters carry it into space then the external tank pushes the shuttle above earth then when the shuttle is ready the external tank falls off and the shuttle is ready for its mission then after its mission the shuttle lands and blows out a parachute come out from the back to help the shuttle slow down.any parts from the rocket or shuttle can be reused except the external tank.
No space shuttle has been launched for the moon. It can't carry enough fuel to get there. Couldn't land if it got there.
The space shuttle doesn't carry weapons.
During its final mission, the space shuttle Columbia was on a scientific research mission. One topic of study was microgravity.
Space Shuttle Discovery.
There has never been a space shuttle mission to Mars. The space shuttle is not designed for planetary trips.
The Hubble Space Telescope was carried into orbit on the STS-31 mission, by the space shuttle Discovery, in April, 1990.