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they only built one and it only made one unmanned flight, then they retired it reason unknown.
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What are some names of famous space shuttles?
Some famous space shuttles include Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, Challenger, and Columbia.
What are some of the new technologies proposed by scientists help humans travel faster through space?
space shuttles
Why do you not use space shuttles?
They have been decommissioned- they are obsolete, so to speak. Some are scheduled to go to space museums.
Why were some space shuttles called Apollo?
No space shuttle was ever called Apollo. Apollo was the name of the 3rd American space program. The number one objective of the Apollo program was to send man to the surface of the moon and return him safely to Earth, before the end of the 60's. Five shuttles were built for orbital flight: Columbia, Discovery, Challenger, Atlantis and Endeavour. Columbia and Chanllenger both exploded for different reasons killing all 7 astronauts aboard each time. Two other shuttles were built for tests: Pathfinder and Enterprise. There are also Russian space shuttles Buran and Pitchka (Pitchka was 97% complet when the project was cancelled).
What is the purpose of space shuttles and space stations?
Scientists are still exploring exactly what can be done in outer space and how we can do it, so mostly the space shuttles and space stations have been used for research about weightlessness, vacuum, and other aspects of being in outer space. Space certainly has some very solid practical applications already, such as communications satellites and global positioning satellites, and one of the functions of space shuttles has been to put satellites in their orbits (although there are also other ways of putting satellites into orbit) and in some cases, to repair satellites that are already in orbit.
First civilian in space?
some Russian
What are some facts about space shuttles?
The Constitution changed its name to Enterprise due to letters from Star Trek fans
What are some uses of Gyroscopes?
bicycles, space shuttles, airplanes and yo-yos. there are lots of other uses too.
What will rockets be used for in the future?
Rockets, help us today because they can take us to space which is miles away from Earth. We don't use space shuttles today because they use up all their gas really quickly and it takes a long time to get to space by space shuttles so instead of space shuttles we have rockets that help us today to get to space.
What are some differences between space shuttles Endeavor and Columbia?
All of the space shuttles were built basically the same. The only real difference between the Endeavor and the Columbia was that the Columbia was a little heavier than the Endeavor. There may have also been some different technology on each one since it changed so rapidly.
What are some Russia names for girls?
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What is a reusable space shuttle?
The shuttles we have now are reusable. They come back, are serviced, stuck on top of some more rockets, and go again.
