6 in total were produced, 3 are still operational today: Enterprise - was a prototype designed to test Space Shuttle behavior in atmospheric flight. Columbia - first launched on April 12, 1981. On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintergrated during re-entry on its 28th mission. Challenger - first launched on April 4, 1983. On January 28, 1986 it broke up 73 seconds after the launch of its 10th mission. Discovery - first launched on August 30, 1984. It has flown 35 missions and is still operational today. It is due to be retired in 2010. Atlantis - first launched on October 3, 1985. It has flown 29 missions and is still operational today. It is scheduled to be retired in 2010. Endeavor - first launched on May 7, 1992. It has flown 22 missions and is still operational today. It is due to be retired in 2010.
Economics is the main reason space shuttle orbiter vehicles land at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) landing facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida following each mission in space.Millions of dollars are saved each time the orbiters can land at the same facility where they will be processed for their next mission as opposed to landing at a facility from where the orbiters would have to be transported back to KSC to be prepared for the next mission.
Atlantis, Endeavor, Discovery are the only Space Shuttles currently operating in NASA's Space Shuttle program (Challenger and Columbia were both lost in explosions).
there were 7 shuttles made, but only 3 are in use today. the ones that are in use are Discovery, Endervor, and Atlantis. the ones that blew up were coulumbia and challenger. the ones that were made just for test were Enterprice and Pathfinder.
5 Space Shuttle orbiters have been built. 3 remain in service.
Six air-worthy shuttles have been built; the first orbiter, Enterprise, was not built for space flight, and was used only for testing purposes. Five space-worthy orbiters were built: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. Challengerdisintegrated 73 seconds after launch in 1986, and Endeavourwas built as a replacement. Columbia broke apart during re-entry in 2003.
The Space Shuttles still in use by NASA are the Discovery, the Endeavor, and the Atlantis. Each of them is 184 feet long. Each of these space shuttles' orbiters is 122 feet long.
Yes. The NASA space shuttles use hypergolic chemicals to produce thrust vectoring to steer the orbiters in space.
Economics is the main reason space shuttle orbiter vehicles land at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) landing facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida following each mission in space.Millions of dollars are saved each time the orbiters can land at the same facility where they will be processed for their next mission as opposed to landing at a facility from where the orbiters would have to be transported back to KSC to be prepared for the next mission.
Atlantis, Endeavor, Discovery are the only Space Shuttles currently operating in NASA's Space Shuttle program (Challenger and Columbia were both lost in explosions).
there were 7 shuttles made, but only 3 are in use today. the ones that are in use are Discovery, Endervor, and Atlantis. the ones that blew up were coulumbia and challenger. the ones that were made just for test were Enterprice and Pathfinder.
After the Challenger disaster in 1986, NASA retired its remaining three Space Shuttle orbiters— Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour were built as replacements. Following the Columbia disaster in 2003, the decision was made to retire the remaining Space Shuttle fleet, and they were not replaced with new shuttles.
5 Space Shuttle orbiters have been built. 3 remain in service.
4 Space Shuttles existed in 2011. Including the test vehicle, Space Shuttle Enterprise. Space Shuttles that actually went into space? 3. Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
When the orbiter of the space shuttle reaches space. it mainly performs its mission tasks. Before year 2000 space shuttles were mainly, not necessarily, used for taking cargo into space such as satellites and especially the Hubble Space Telescope. After the start of the International Space Station Program, Space shuttles were mainly used for building the space station in space. when orbiters reached space, they would usually deploy their cargo and astronauts would carry out the required procedure. the space shuttles usually docked with space station and returned to earth after the completion of mission
Six air-worthy shuttles have been built; the first orbiter, Enterprise, was not built for space flight, and was used only for testing purposes. Five space-worthy orbiters were built: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. Challengerdisintegrated 73 seconds after launch in 1986, and Endeavourwas built as a replacement. Columbia broke apart during re-entry in 2003.
Currently NASA have three space shuttles Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
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