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A space shuttle uses a combination of liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen.
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What does the space shuttle use to place a satellite into space?
A liquid fuel tank
What type of fuel does the space shuttle use as it nears the orbit?
Liquid Hydrogen.
How do space shuttles get payload back to earth?
When the space shuttle goes through the atmosphere, the space shuttle can then by itself land safely because no fuel will be needed. You can use the atmosphere of the earth to slow the space shuttle down allowing it land safely with the payload. The payload will still be on the space shuttle because it won't be removed, only the equipment will be removed from the space shuttle. The shuttle has to do no work whatsoever when bringing it back to earth because it won't be needing fuel when landing on earth.
How much of its fuel does the space shuttle use during take off?
around 25-30%
How much fuel does a space shuttle use in space?
space shuttles use a very high amount of propellant because turn on at high perigee at point of igniting
What kind of fuel did the space shuttle use?
Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
What does the space shuttle use to place a satellite into space?
A liquid fuel tank
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 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.
Can you use externality in a sentence?
An externality launch feature of the space shuttle are its fuel pods.
What does it use to help the space shuttle get to space?
A power called thrust and Newton's 3rd law of space which states that there is an opposite reaction. the rocket fuel goes down which pushes the space shuttle up.
How do space shuttles get payload back to earth?
When the space shuttle goes through the atmosphere, the space shuttle can then by itself land safely because no fuel will be needed. You can use the atmosphere of the earth to slow the space shuttle down allowing it land safely with the payload. The payload will still be on the space shuttle because it won't be removed, only the equipment will be removed from the space shuttle. The shuttle has to do no work whatsoever when bringing it back to earth because it won't be needing fuel when landing on earth.
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.
How much of its fuel does the space shuttle use during take off?
around 25-30%
How much fuel does a space shuttle use in space?
space shuttles use a very high amount of propellant because turn on at high perigee at point of igniting
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.
