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Which space shuttle started on fire while entering the atmosphere?
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∙ 8y ago
It is not set on fire. As the space shuttle enters the atmosphere it is moving extremely fast, more than 17,000 miles per hour. In incredible speed causes the air around it to heat up to the point that it glows.
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What space shuttle disintegrated upon re-entering the earths atmosphere?
Space Shuttle Columbia
What is the name of the space shuttle that started on fire while entering the earth?
Columbia heated up and broke apart while entering the atmosphere.
What space shuttle exploded in 2003 february 1st?
The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated while re-entering the atmosphere; it did not explode.
Why does a space shuttle need to travel so fast when entering earths atmosphere?
Although it reaches incredible speeds, a Space Shuttle is not going fast when it enters the atmosphere. The gravitational pull of Earth, or just gravity, are pulling down on the space shuttle with immense force.
Which space shuttle disintegrated upon entering the Earth's atmosphere on February 1 2003?
It was the Columbia, the first space shuttle to be flown into space more than twenty years earlier.
What space shuttle disintegrated upon re entering the Earth's atmosphere on February 1 2003?
Columbia
Why does the space shuttle get very hot when entering the earth's atmosphere?
The space shuttle heats up when it enters the atmosphere because it encounters friction from the atmosphere. This is why the space shuttle is covered with special tiles that dissipates heat very quickly. You can hold a red hot one with the tips of your fingers. At the time of the deorbit burn the space shuttle is going 14,500 miles an hour. The atmosphere friction slows it down slow enough it open it's parachutes.
If a space shuttle is exiting the atmosphere do the windows turn red from the heat?
If the space shuttle is exiting the atmosphere, that means you are going into space then no the windows will not turn red. However if you are entering the atmosphere the friction caused by air molecules hitting the orbiter will create plasma around the shuttle. You will see a reddish orange glow out the windows but the windows themselves will not turn red.
Which layer of the atmosphere does the space shuttle travel in?
the space shuttle travel in the trophosphere.
What was the 2nd space shuttle in space?
Second space shuttle in space was Challenger, but second space shuttle ever was Enterprise, what was made for testing in atmosphere.
How does a space shuttle cause friction?
A space shuttle still has to leave the atmosphere, we aren't building them in space. While leaving the atmosphere a space shuttle causes a lot of friction as it rubs against the air on the way up.
When was the Columbia space shuttle accident?
== == The space shuttle Columbia broke apart and partially burned up while re-entering earth's atmosphere over Texas on February 1, 2003. The entire seven member crew were killed.
