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What is the name of the first space shuttle to land at Edwards airforce base?
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Where do the space shuttle returning from orbit usually land?
Florida...if the weather is good; if not, Edwards Airforce Base, California
Where was the first space shuttle launched?
they landed in cape canaveral and in edwards california
What is the length of the space shuttle runway?
The shuttle landing facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is 15,000 feet long with 1,000 feet of paved overruns at each end. Runways at Edwards Airforce Base in California are between 4 and 7.5 miles long.
Where is the space shuttle going to land?
Space shuttle landings are always planned to occur at the Kennedy Space Center. There are alternative landing sites in readiness as poor weather can prevent the shuttle landing in Florida. Edwards Airforce Base in California is the second choice and is sometimes used. The use of the Edwards facility was discontinued after the new strip was built at the Kennedy faclity. Landings at Edwards required that the shuttle be lifted up, strapped to the back of a specially modified 747, flown to Kennedy, and then offloaded. It was cheaper in the long run to just build the lengthy stip at Kennedy.
When was the first space shuttle invented?
The first space shuttle invented was the space shuttle enterprise.
What was the 1st name of the space shuttle?
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.
What was the time of the first space shuttle launch?
Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on April 12th, 1981 at 0800:03 EDT. John Young and Robert Crippen were the Cmdr and Pilot on this first ever Space Shuttle flight. They returned to Earth with a perfect landing at Edwards AFB on April 14th, 1981.
What are the 3 locations of NASA?
The space shuttle lands in either Edwards airforce base in California or Kennedy Space center in Florida (near coconut beach). The hub and control center for NASA is in Houston, TX. Hence the comment on Apollo 13 "Houston, we have a problem"
The first space shuttle?
space shuttle Columbia
Where in California did the space shuttle Endeavour land?
Edwards Air Force Base
When did the first space shuttle go into space?
On April 12, 1981 the space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle to orbit the Earth.
Which space shuttle exploded in 2003?
The Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first shuttle to fly into space in 1981.
