Information about visible passes of the shuttle (when in orbit) as well as the International Space Station are available on http://www.heavens-above.com for any point on the Earth.
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Enterprise was the first space shuttle. It's first flight was on Feb 18th 1977 aboard a modified 747 aircraft.Columbia was the first space shuttle to orbit the Earth. On April 12, 1981. See related link for more information
Before the space shuttle program, NASA used various launch vehicles such as the Saturn rockets for the Apollo missions and the Space Transportation System for early spaceflights. These vehicles were designed for specific missions and did not have the reusable characteristics of the space shuttle.
They never used Explorer. It was built as a replica to allow people to see inside a Space Shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. It has since been moved to Houston.
The Space Shuttle (Endeavor) empty weighs about 78,000 kg (172,000 lb) with the boosters give a total liftoff weight of 2,000,000 kg (4,400,000 lb) [See Link]
You can not see the space shuttle on Earth, but you can see it in a rocket!
The space shuttle is called Atlantis.
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No you cannot because it is in space:)
Enterprise was the first space shuttle. It's first flight was on Feb 18th 1977 aboard a modified 747 aircraft.Columbia was the first space shuttle to orbit the Earth. On April 12, 1981. See related link for more information
the enterprise was not a space shuttle it was justa a prototype launched off the back of a plane to see how good it could glide back to earth.
See the related link below.
One. That's the big orange thing you see the shuttle strapped to when it's on the launching pad.
The ET is the External Tank. It is the large orange tank you see attached to the Shuttle during the launch phase.
Before the space shuttle program, NASA used various launch vehicles such as the Saturn rockets for the Apollo missions and the Space Transportation System for early spaceflights. These vehicles were designed for specific missions and did not have the reusable characteristics of the space shuttle.
The Kennedy Space centre or, of course, Youtube...
They never used Explorer. It was built as a replica to allow people to see inside a Space Shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. It has since been moved to Houston.