Combination of gravity and the shuttle's inertia creates a curved path parallel to Earth's surface.
Weightlessness
Weightlessness
Weightlessness
The external tank
The Space Shuttle does not go to the moon. It only orbits the Earth.
The orbiter.
Weightlessness
Weightlessness
Weightlessness
The external tank
The Space Shuttle does not go to the moon. It only orbits the Earth.
200
No, the space shuttle was designed for low earth orbit and generally orbits within 200-300 nautical miles of Earth.
It orbits around the sun and it takes 1 year.The Earth orbits around the Sun, and it takes approximately 365.25 days, which is why we have a leap year, because of the .25.
Answer The speed in orbit is around 17500 miles an hour.
The Moon orbits the earth nearly once a month. It orbits every 28 days. In a year, the Moon can orbit the earth 13 times.
The space shuttle orbits the earth at 18700 miles per hour at a height of 350 miles above the Earth.