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Which space shuttle was used to launch Hubble Space Telescope?
beppo sax, space shuttle discovery, space shuttle endeavor, boeing delta II rocket
What does the space shuttle launch pad smell of after launch?
The launch pad (even hours after launch) is not a place you'd want to be.See the related link for more information.
What is the difference between a space shuttle and a rocket?
Answer The Space Shuttle is a rocket. By definition, a Rocket is a vehicle that burns gas that it carries with it. Where as, a jet airplane burns the oxygen from the air and is not a rocket. The Rocket when it is launched has a liquid fuel rocket engines at the back end of it. It also has two long, solid fuel rocket engines that separate after launch. But the space shuttle is pulled by a rocket.
Is a space shuttle a rocket?
The space shuttle is a reusable spacecraft. It has 3 main engines powered by liquid fuel which are used to launch it into orbit with help from similarly reusable solid fuel boosters (the white rockets along the side of the shuttle during launch). When returning after a mission, the space shuttle is unpowered and glides back for a landing. See related question.
What was the name of the rocket to launch hubble into space?
That was the Space Shuttle Discovery, on mission STS-31, in April, 1990.
What is the last component to be lit at launch for a space shuttle?
The Solid Rocket Boosters ignite last.
Where did neil Armstrong's space shuttle launch from?
Neil Armstrong did not launch in a space shutlle but rather a rocket. The rocket he and fellow crew members of the Apollo 11 mission used to go to the moon was called the Saturn V rocket and was launch from the Kennedy Spce Centre.
How does a space shuttle launch into outer space?
The space shuttle is launched into Outer Space by having it attached to the rocket that launches up as well as the space shuttle and gradually the rocket falls apart and lands in the Pacific ocean. It often lands there. The space shuttle then continues its mission alone.
How long is a space shuttle launch?
A normal space shuttle launch is 8-1/2 minutes long. The Solid Rocket Boosters separate at 24 nautical miles (45 km) two minutes into the flight.
What was the first space shuttle to launch in space?
The first Space shuttle to launch was Columbia in April of 1981
How many tons of rocket fuel does the shuttle use during liftoff?
The Space Shuttle used approximately 1.6 million pounds (800 tons) of solid rocket fuel during liftoff. This solid rocket fuel was primarily used in the twin solid rocket boosters that provided the initial thrust to launch the shuttle into space.
A person is standing still away from a shuttle launch site. As the shuttle heads towards space the shuttle is getting smaller. What happens to the shadow of the shuttle?
Disappears.
