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Everybody knew it was the end to the Mercury space shuttle needed to end when mercury crashed into it. After this the remodeling started and they were unable to fix it so they bombed it and that was the end. There is now a piece of this shuttle in the Indianapolis Museum of Science in Indianapolis, Indiana.
What else can I help you with?
What came first in the American space program the shuttle or Mercury?
Mercury.
Could a space shuttle land on mercury?
No. There is no air on Mercury for the wings to catch.
When did Space Shuttle program end?
Space Shuttle program ended in 2011.
What are the names of the 3 space programs prior to the space shuttle?
Gemini, Mercury, and Apollo.
What was not a space shuttle orbiter?
Apollo, Mercury, Gemini, Soyuz, etc.
Has a space shuttle ever visited Mercury?
The space shuttle is an Earth orbit vehicle. No humans have ever travelled to any body other than the Moon (from 1969 to 1972). All other space exploration has been by unmanned probes.
When was the last space shuttle landing?
The last space shuttle landing was by Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 21 at 5:57 a.m. EDT.
How did the space shuttle challenger end up?
The Challenger space shuttle blew up because of a faulty O-ring.
Why did nasa end the space shuttle program?
Too expensive.
When the most recent space shuttle launched?
The final space shuttle launch was on July 8, 2011. The shuttle Atlantis embarked on the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station, marking the end of NASA's Space Shuttle Program.
How long will it take a Space Shuttle to go from Earth to Mercury?
It can't. And there's no way to redesign it so that it can, all the shuttle can do is to go up to low Earth orbit and come back down.
What is the second space program to send an American into outer space?
As I recall, the programs ran in this order: Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle, ISS .
