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The shuttle comes in at around 16 - 17,000 miles / hour
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How fast does a space shuttle go when it comes back to earth?
The space shuttle has a reentry speed of about 17,000 miles per hour.
What was the space shuttle's speed during reentry?
As the shuttle reaches entry interface, the point where it starts to feel the effects of the atmosphere, it is traveling at about Mach 24.5 or about 24,000 miles per hour.
What is the g force of the space shuttle at reentry?
1.5
What is the temperature upon reentry for the space shuttle?
About 47,000 K
Which space shuttle failed?
Space Shuttle Challenger failed during launch. Space Shuttle Columbia failed during reentry.
What is Mach 21.8 in mph?
16680 mph or the reentry speed of the space shuttle to our atmoshere.
How fast does a space shuttle go when it comes back to earth?
The space shuttle has a reentry speed of about 17,000 miles per hour.
What was the space shuttle's speed during reentry?
As the shuttle reaches entry interface, the point where it starts to feel the effects of the atmosphere, it is traveling at about Mach 24.5 or about 24,000 miles per hour.
What is the g force of the space shuttle at reentry?
1.5
What is the temperature upon reentry for the space shuttle?
About 47,000 K
Which space shuttle failed?
Space Shuttle Challenger failed during launch. Space Shuttle Columbia failed during reentry.
Does every shuttle make the sonic boom during re entery?
The sonic boom is an artifact of exceeding the speed of sound. As any shuttle would reenter earth's atmosphere way in excessive of that speed, yes, every reentry should be accompanies by a sonic boom.
What is the space shuttle Columbia used for?
nothing. it blew up in reentry.
What year did space shuttle Columbia break apart on reentry?
2003
Which space shuttle exploded 2003 on reentry into earth's atmosphere?
Columbia
How fast is the shuttle going when it reenters the atmosphere?
The Space Shuttle is traveling at about 17,300 statute miles per hour at reentry.
What challenges might the atmosphere present to a shuttle?
The biggest would be friction on reentry.
