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The main three engines use liquid hydrogen and an oxygen oxidizer. These are delivered under pressure to fuel the main engines.
A space shuttle uses a combination of liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen. Solid rocket boosters use a rubberized compound of aluminum and perchlorate oxidizer.
Orbiter main engines use liquid hydrogen / liquid oxygen that is stored in the external tank.
Hydrogen fuel is burned with oxygen-rocket engine.
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What kind of fuel does the space shuttle use?
A space shuttle uses a combination of liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen.
What kind of fuel did the space shuttle use?
Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
In space what kind of fuel is used by space shuttle?
The fuel is monomethylhydrazine(MMT) and the oxidizer is N2O4.
What kind of a fuel did the Space Shuttle use?
At launch the solid rocket booster uses a solid propellant with a mixture of powdered aluminum and ammonium perchlorate. The Space Shuttle itself uses Liquid Hydrogen (Hydrazine) & liquid oxygen.
What type of fuel does the space shuttle use as it nears the orbit?
Liquid Hydrogen.
What does the space shuttle use to place a satellite into space?
A liquid fuel tank
Do all rocket use liquid fuel?
No, they do not. The side booster rockets used to launch the space shuttle, for example, use solid fuel.
What kind of engine does the space shuttle have?
The Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) also known as the RS-24 engines are liquid fueled reusable engines made by Rocketdyne and burn liquid hydrogen as their fuel and liquid oxygen as the oxidiser. The shuttle has three engines. The fuel is stored in the large orange External Tank strapped to the shuttle's belly. On the way to orbit, the shuttle also uses two reusable solid rocket boosters (SRBs) which provide about 83% of the takeoff thrust. These use a solid fuel containing aluminum (the fuel), ammonium perchlorate (the oxidiser), iron oxide (a catalyst), and the mixture is held together with an epoxy and a binder (which also acts as fuel). While in space, the shuttle uses the reaction control system (RCS) thrusters which are seen on various places on the shuttle orbiter, and two orbital manoeuvering system (OMS) engines. The RCS and OMS use monomethyl hydrazine as the fuel and nitrogen tetroxide as the oxidiser.
Can you use externality in a sentence?
An externality launch feature of the space shuttle are its fuel pods.
How much of its fuel does the space shuttle use during take off?
around 25-30%
What kind of fuel does an airplane use?
Use to use Avgas fuel. Now use ultra fuel or diesel Fuel or jet fuel.
What kind of space shuttle did Apollo 13 use?
Apollo 13 did not use a Space Shuttle. Apollo 13 was in April, 1970. The Space Shuttle was not invented until the '80s. Apollo 13 was launched by Saturn V.
