Provided noting is removed form the Shuttle, its masswill not change wheather on the ground or in orbit.
The space shuttle was the first reusable launch vehicle developed by NASA. Despite two fatal accidents caused at launch, the space shuttle proved a reliable orbital vehicle.
Space Shuttle Atlantis.
The second space shuttle to orbit the Earth was the Space Shuttle Challenger. It completed its first mission on April 9, 1983.
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
The first space shuttle to reach Earth's orbit was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which completed its maiden flight on April 12, 1981.
The space shuttle was the first reusable launch vehicle developed by NASA. Despite two fatal accidents caused at launch, the space shuttle proved a reliable orbital vehicle.
Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle Atlantis.
The second space shuttle to orbit the Earth was the Space Shuttle Challenger. It completed its first mission on April 9, 1983.
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
The first space shuttle to reach Earth's orbit was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which completed its maiden flight on April 12, 1981.
Never. The space shuttle was a Low Earth Orbit vehicle; it could never have reached the Moon.
Columbia was the first shuttle in to orbit on April 13, 1981
No. The space shuttle can only reach low Earth orbit.
A space shuttle is a reusable spacecraft meant for manned missions into orbit.
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The shuttle never leaves Earth orbit, it simply goes into orbit and then returns. Moving to a higher orbit requires additional speed and manuevering, as when visiting the ISS.