The Space Shuttle External Tank carries about 1,449,813 liters of liquid hydrogen fuel and about 541,314 liters of liquid oxygen as its oxidizer. In total, it carries about 1,991,127 liters of liquid propellant for the Space Shuttle Main Engines.
The space shuttle would typically consume about 1.6 million pounds (720,000 kg) of solid rocket fuel and 500,000 gallons (1.9 million liters) of liquid fuel during its ascent into orbit.
The Space Shuttle Discovery, when fully loaded for a mission, had a launch weight of approximately 4.5 million pounds (about 2.03 million kilograms). The orbiter itself, without fuel or cargo, weighed around 165,000 pounds (75,000 kilograms). Its design allowed for significant payload capacity, contributing to its various missions in space.
It uses rocket fuel
The space shuttle uses its payload bay to carry and deploy satellites into space. Once the shuttle reaches the desired orbit, the robotic arm or astronauts inside the shuttle release the satellite into space.
The space shuttle used a mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as fuel for its main engines. These propellants are combustion products of a chemical reaction that produces high thrust for the shuttle's liftoff and orbital maneuvers.
The space shuttle discovery and any other space shuttle for that manner is only designed to orbit Earth. The space shuttle does not have enough fuel or produce enough energy to leave Earths gravitational pull. The only manned spacecraft to do so was the Saturn V rocket, built by Whener Von Braun during the 1960's.
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Depending on the manufacture between 50 liters and 950 liters
The space shuttle would typically consume about 1.6 million pounds (720,000 kg) of solid rocket fuel and 500,000 gallons (1.9 million liters) of liquid fuel during its ascent into orbit.
The Space Shuttle Discovery, when fully loaded for a mission, had a launch weight of approximately 4.5 million pounds (about 2.03 million kilograms). The orbiter itself, without fuel or cargo, weighed around 165,000 pounds (75,000 kilograms). Its design allowed for significant payload capacity, contributing to its various missions in space.
It uses rocket fuel
The space shuttle uses liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen as fuel. Generally a sufficient quantity of fuel is carried but if need be re-fuelling can be done in space.
High octane jet fuel.
A liquid fuel tank
fossil fuels
To fuel it and cool it
The space shuttle uses its payload bay to carry and deploy satellites into space. Once the shuttle reaches the desired orbit, the robotic arm or astronauts inside the shuttle release the satellite into space.