125ft high when resting on wheels
The space shuttle is designed for orbital flight only. The shuttle only has enough fuel to reach an orbit of approximately 600 km high.
aprox 115 to 400 miles
The shuttle never has and never will orbit the moon.
The Space Shuttle is not capable of leaving Earths orbit.
No. It is in low earth orbit.
125ft high when resting on wheels
The space shuttle is designed for orbital flight only. The shuttle only has enough fuel to reach an orbit of approximately 600 km high.
aprox 115 to 400 miles
The shuttle never has and never will orbit the moon.
Columbia was the first shuttle in to orbit on April 13, 1981
The Space Shuttle is not capable of leaving Earths orbit.
The shuttle never leaves Earth orbit, it simply goes into orbit and then returns. Moving to a higher orbit requires additional speed and manuevering, as when visiting the ISS.
The second Shuttle into orbit was the Challenger; the first was Columbiachallenger, June 1983
More information on Space Shuttlehttp://www.onestopsolver.com/space-shuttle-orbit-flight-path.html
Space Shuttle Atlantis.
It is -121 to -156