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I believe the space station is equipped with thrusters (small rocket engines), that can make corrections or altitude changes when necessary without the shuttle.

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Why was Skylab abandoned?

It wasn't intentionally abandoned. It was originally thought that the Space Shuttle would be operational before Skylab fell to earth. The Space Shuttle would then raise Skylab into a higher orbit to be used by multiple Space Shuttle crews, but an overabundance of solar flares caused Skylab to fall to earth 2 years before it normally would have. Delays in the development of the Space Shuttle spelled the demise of Skylab.


What does the Orbital Maneuvering System on the space shuttle do?

The Orbiter Maneuvering System or OMS are two small engines (smaller then the Space Shuttle Main Engines) that allow the orbiter to lower or raise its orbit during a mission. It is also used to slow the orbiter down for re-entry.


How does the spaceshuttle overcome gravity?

Well, first of all, the last Space Shuttle mission flew in July of 2011, and the shuttlesare all in museums now. (Held there, I'm pretty sure, by gravity.)When they did fly, the shuttle certainly needed powerful rocket boosters to raise itabove the atmosphere, and accelerate it to a high enough tangential ('sideways')speed to maintain orbit. But once that job is done, it doesn't take any more workto stay in orbit. I mean, look at the Moon !And actually, for that matter, you would not want the shuttle to overcome gravity,because gravity is what keeps things in orbit.


How does the space station overcome gravity?

Answer #1 .Rockets were used to put the space station (and its various component parts) into orbit,thereby overcoming gravity. Once in orbit, gravity continues to be overcome by theangular momentum of the orbiting station. Sometimes it is necessary to use rocketsagain, to add a bit more momentum, since there is still some friction even at that altitude.==================Answer #2 .The parts of the space station certainly needed powerful rocket boosters to raise themabove the atmosphere, and accelerate them to a high enough tangential ('sideways')speed to maintain orbit. But once that job is done, it doesn't take any more work tostay in orbit. I mean, look at the Moon !And actually, for that matter, you would not want the space station to overcome gravity,because gravity is what keeps things in orbits.


Where does the sun raise first?

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