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Is a voyager spacecraft faster than a space shuttle?
Yes, both Voyager spacecraft travel much faster than the space shuttle. The space shuttle only needs to travel about 5 miles per second to achieve Low-Earth-Orbit. Voyager 1 travels at over 10 miles per second.
What is the name of the american space shuttle that goes into orbit?
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.
What spacecraft that can be reused?
The American space shuttle.
First Asian American in space?
Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to "reach" space. He flew into space successfully with the Space Shuttle Discovery. He was killed during the mission as the Space Shuttle Challenger destructed.
Why did Americans invent the space shuttle?
THe American's built the space shuttle to have a reusable rocket that could go out into space and come back to earth.
Is a voyager spacecraft faster than a space shuttle?
Yes, both Voyager spacecraft travel much faster than the space shuttle. The space shuttle only needs to travel about 5 miles per second to achieve Low-Earth-Orbit. Voyager 1 travels at over 10 miles per second.
What do the space shuttles Columbia and Voyager have in common?
They were both launched into space by NASA. It should be noted that Voyager was NOT a space shuttle, but rather an unmanned deep space probe.
What is the name of the american space shuttle that goes into orbit?
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.
What spacecraft that can be reused?
The American space shuttle.
Why did Americans invent the space shuttle?
THe American's built the space shuttle to have a reusable rocket that could go out into space and come back to earth.
First Asian American in space?
Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to "reach" space. He flew into space successfully with the Space Shuttle Discovery. He was killed during the mission as the Space Shuttle Challenger destructed.
What year did Americas first space shuttle go into space?
The first American space shuttle, Columbia, went into space on April 12, 1981.
Which is the first American space shuttle?
The first space shuttle was Enterprise, built in 1976 but was only used for testing. The Challenger was the first to achieve Earth orbit, however, in 1981. (This information is from the nasa.gov website -Doctor Dan)
The Indo-American women astronaut on board the space shuttle Atlantis is?
Kalpana Chawla was the Indo-American woman astronaut on board the space shuttle Atlantis. She was the first woman of Indian descent to go to space and tragically lost her life during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.
Who was the last cosmonaut to fly to mir on an American space shuttle?
Valery V Ryumin was the ninth and final Russian cosmonaut to fly to Mir on an American Space Shuttle. He flew on STS-91.
What did NASA do in the 80s?
NASA began its space shuttle program in the 1980s. In 1981, NASA's first space shuttle was launched. On June 18, 1983, the first woman to go into space, Sally Ride, was part of the first five man team to orbit the Earth in a space shuttle. On August 30, 1983, the first African American, Guion S. Bluford, went into space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger. On January 26, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded.
What was the name of the first shuttle to go into space?
American Space Shuttle - Columbia April 13, 1981 (STS-1) Soviet (Russian) Orbiter - Buran November 15, 1988
