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APCP (Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellant) is the primary fuel component of the Shuttle's Solid Rocket Boosters. Though the primary fuel element is Aluminum, it's a mixture of the following elements:
Ammonium Perchlorate (oxidizer, 69.6% by weight), Aluminum (fuel, 16%), Iron Oxide (a catalyst, 0.4%), a polymer (such as PBAN or HTPB, serving as a binder that holds the mixture together and acting as secondary fuel, 12.04%), and an epoxy curing agent (1.96%).
The Space Shuttle's main engines use a combination of Liquid Oxygen (LOx) and Liquid Hydrogen (LH2), stored in the Shuttle external tank.
What else can I help you with?
Do shuttles use nuclear fuel?
If you mean space shuttles, the answer is no.
Do space shuttles use a lot of fuel?
yes
What energy is made from space shuttles?
Space shuttles use energy, not make it
How do shuttles and stations get into space?
Stations are built in space; Shuttles use rocket boosters.
Do space shuttles use fuel?
Space shuttles use fuel when taking off and for control while in orbit, deorbiting, and landing. The main takeoff engines use liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, and there are two solid-fuel rocket boosters. In orbit, the shuttle uses thrusters that burn hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide.
What battery does NASA use for their space shuttles?
They get electricity through the use of fuel cells. not batteries. The current limiter to the length of a mission is the amount of hydrogen and oxygen carried to use in the fuel cells.
Why do shuttles have liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen?
They use it for their fuel in most cases but not in all cases.
How do space shuttles get into space?
They use rocketry. A space shuttle is a rocket.
How do they get the space shuttle in space?
they have launchers that they use to launch the space shuttles.
How do meteorologists use space shuttles?
They use something.
How space shuttles aid in space exploration?
they use there feet
How was the space shuttle different from other spacecraft before it?
Space craft prior to the space shuttles were one-time-use vehicles. The space shuttles were made to be multiple use vehicles.
