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Why does a space shuttle have wings and a tail like an airplane?
So it can glide back to earth and land like and airplane.
How was an Apollo landing on Earth different to a space shuttle landing?
An Apollo landing involved a capsule re-entering Earth's atmosphere for a water landing, using parachutes to slow its descent. In contrast, a space shuttle landing was a controlled glide to a runway on land, using wings to navigate and land like an airplane. The space shuttle also had the ability to be reused multiple times.
What was the last space shuttle to orbit earth?
Space Shuttle Atlantis.
How does the space shuttle return to earth?
The STS or Space Shuttle uses a glide recovery system (like an airplane) to return and land on the ground. In the end, it is assisted by a parachute (only to decrease the speed of the shuttle at landing.)When given the command from Houston, it will slam into Earth's atmosphere. This will create enough friction between the Space Shuttle and Earth's atmosphere to heat the Shuttle's belly to 3,000+ F. The Shuttle will then glide to it's landing runway in either California or Florida, and land like an airplane.
What is the second space shuttle to orbit the earth?
The second space shuttle to orbit the Earth was the Space Shuttle Challenger. It completed its first mission on April 9, 1983.
When did space shuttle enterprise land?
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.
Why does a space shuttle have wings and a tail like an airplane?
So it can glide back to earth and land like and airplane.
What was the last space shuttle to orbit earth?
Space Shuttle Atlantis.
How was an Apollo landing on Earth different to a space shuttle landing?
An Apollo landing involved a capsule re-entering Earth's atmosphere for a water landing, using parachutes to slow its descent. In contrast, a space shuttle landing was a controlled glide to a runway on land, using wings to navigate and land like an airplane. The space shuttle also had the ability to be reused multiple times.
How does the space shuttle return to earth?
The STS or Space Shuttle uses a glide recovery system (like an airplane) to return and land on the ground. In the end, it is assisted by a parachute (only to decrease the speed of the shuttle at landing.)When given the command from Houston, it will slam into Earth's atmosphere. This will create enough friction between the Space Shuttle and Earth's atmosphere to heat the Shuttle's belly to 3,000+ F. The Shuttle will then glide to it's landing runway in either California or Florida, and land like an airplane.
What is Yuri Gagarin's space shuttle?
Yuri Gagarin didn't fly in a space shuttle- they weren't invented till the late 1970s and in the U.S. He launched up in VOSTOK 1, the rocket itself called VOSTOK 3KA, in a small capsule that would plummet back to earth (not glide back to a runway like the space shuttle)
Can you see the shuttle in space?
You can not see the space shuttle on Earth, but you can see it in a rocket!
What is the second space shuttle to orbit the earth?
The second space shuttle to orbit the Earth was the Space Shuttle Challenger. It completed its first mission on April 9, 1983.
Did the space shuttle discovery make it to the moon?
No. The Space Shuttle were built for near Earth obital missions.
What was the first space shuttle to reach Earth's Orbit?
The first space shuttle to reach Earth's orbit was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which completed its maiden flight on April 12, 1981.
Can the space shuttle travel to the moon?
No. The space shuttle can only reach low Earth orbit.
At what altitude does the Earth's gravity no longer have an effect on the astronauts or the space shuttle?
At what altitude does the Earth's gravity no longer have an effect on the astronauts or the space shuttle?
