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Space shuttle generally launches itself with just a boost from two solid rocket boosters(SRBs) that are dropped soon after start. The element that gives the appearance of big rocket is actually an external fuel tank.
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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.
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.
In 1990 NASA used Space Shuttle discovery to launch?
the Hubble Space Telescope
What type of fuel was used to launch the space shuttle?
Hydrogen and oxygen
How many solid rocket boosters does the space shuttle use?
Each shuttle used 2 solid-fuel rocket boosters, which were designed to be recovered and re-used.
Which space shuttle was used to launch Hubble Space Telescope?
beppo sax, space shuttle discovery, space shuttle endeavor, boeing delta II rocket
What happens to the used rocket after the space shuttle launch?
They call it space junk because they just brake off and get left in space
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 is a space shuttle used in a satellite launch?
Generally space shuttles are not used to launch satellites as it is very costly to launch a space shuttle. Rockets with automated systems place satellites in orbit as opposed to a manned shuttle.
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.
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.
In 1990 NASA used Space Shuttle discovery to launch?
the Hubble Space Telescope
What type of fuel was used to launch the space shuttle?
Hydrogen and oxygen
How many solid rocket boosters does the space shuttle use?
Each shuttle used 2 solid-fuel rocket boosters, which were designed to be recovered and re-used.
When was the space shuttle Saturn 5 invented?
The first manned space shuttle mission occurred on the 12th of April 1981. However it was the space shuttle Columbia, not the Saturn V rocket. The Saturn V rocket was first used for a manned mission on December the 21st 1968. Two very different space vehicles. The Saturn V rocket was used to send man to the Moon, where as the space shuttle is used to sent humans into Earth orbit.
What is a space shuttle what does it do?
A space shuttle is a reusable launch and orbital spacecraft. It was designed by NASA for human space flight. The space shuttle takes humans into space. It also can be used to deploy satellites, probes, additions to the space station, and parts used to work on the space station. The space shuttle has also been used to conduct experiments in space.
Why are rocket engines used to launch a spacecraft?
To give the space craft a boost
