Commander, Pilot, Mission Specialists, Payload Specialists, Landing
The astronauts live in the crew cabin of the shuttle orbiter.
Yes. Not under their space suits, but in the pressurized space station and the crew decks of the Shuttle.
Because the Space Shuttle is facing upright on the launch pad, entering can be a challenging task--especially in the bulky Ascent and Entry space suits. Because of this, a group of technicians referred to as the closeout crew helps the astronauts board the shuttle. Astronauts and members of the closeout crew ride an elevator to the 195 ft level of the launchpad where they can access the hatch through a retractable arm that contains the White Room, which is a small environmentally-controlled chamber set adjacent to the hatch. Due to the white room's small size, only two astronauts can enter at a time. Inside the white room, technicians open the hatch and set removable boards over important space shuttle instrument panels (to prevent damage to vital switches and controls while the crew is climbing on board). The closeout crew then helps the crew put on their parachute packs, climb aboard, and strap in. Once all members of the crew are strapped in, the closeout crew ensures that everything is in order, removes the temporary boards from the instrument panels, and seals the hatch. A few minutes before liftoff, the arm containing the white room is retracted away from the space shuttle.
Columbia. Crew was John W. Young (commander) and Robert L. "Crip" Crippen (pilot).
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The Shuttle requires a minimum of four crew members to operate safely and there have been as many as eight. I haven't looked this up but a typical crew is probably about 6.
The space shuttle generally has a commander, a pilot, mission specialists, and payload specialists.
All space shuttle orbiters were designed to carry a crew of up to 7 with the exception of Enterprise which carried only 2 during flight tests.
No. All seven crew members perished when the shuttle broke up on re-entry.
The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff.
The Hyphonaleia Shuttle in 1997
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded during launch on January 28th 1986 killing 7 crew members.
All space shuttle orbiters were designed to carry a crew of up to 7 with the exception of Enterprise which carried only 2 during flight tests.
There were 7 crew members on board of the space shuttle Challenger when it exploded. A few of the crew members were Michael J. Smith, Ellison Onizuka, and Christa McAuliffe.
The original idea for the space shuttle started in the 1930's when Eugen Sanger came up with the idea of a recyclable rocket plane that could carry a crew of people
The name of the first space shuttle that shuttled crew to and from their jobs in spaceis called Elicoll. After the first female shuttle commander Eileen Collins, a true hero in todays history.
because only a small crew was needed