They heat up on their return to earth because of simple friction. The shuttle hitting the atmosphere slows its rate of speed and causes the outside of the craft to get very hot.
It is exactly the same as a 'shooting star' hitting our atmosphere.
NASA space shuttles
Space shuttles use energy, not make it
Stations are built in space; Shuttles use rocket boosters.
no place, nobody has space shuttles anymore
It is not expected that the Space Shuttles will fly again.
The question is a little moot, since we don't have space shuttles any more.
If you mean space shuttles, the answer is no.
4 Space Shuttles existed in 2011. Including the test vehicle, Space Shuttle Enterprise. Space Shuttles that actually went into space? 3. Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
The space shuttles that were first used in 1980 were Columbia and Challenger. Both space shuttles were part of NASA's Space Shuttle program and conducted various missions until the Challenger disaster in 1986.
space shuttles were made to be reusable, rockets were used only once
Currently NASA have three space shuttles Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
Cape Canaveral, Florida, Kennedy Space Center.