Solid rocket booster followed by external fuel tank
The solid rocket boosters detach and fall off the space shuttle shortly after liftoff. They are jettisoned when their fuel is depleted, allowing the shuttle to continue its journey into space using its main engines.
The first space shuttle, Columbia, took off on April 12, 1981. It was the inaugural mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, known as STS-1.
The first Space Shuttle, named Columbia, took off into space on April 12, 1981.
The first space shuttle, Columbia, lifted off from Cape Canaveral on April 12, 1981.
The name of the first space shuttle that was run through free flight simulation was Enterprise, but the first space shuttle to actually reach orbit was Columbia in 1981.
The solid rocket boosters detach and fall off the space shuttle shortly after liftoff. They are jettisoned when their fuel is depleted, allowing the shuttle to continue its journey into space using its main engines.
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The first space shuttle, Columbia, took off on April 12, 1981. It was the inaugural mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, known as STS-1.
first the rocket boosters carry it into space then the external tank pushes the shuttle above earth then when the shuttle is ready the external tank falls off and the shuttle is ready for its mission then after its mission the shuttle lands and blows out a parachute come out from the back to help the shuttle slow down.any parts from the rocket or shuttle can be reused except the external tank.
The first Space Shuttle, named Columbia, took off into space on April 12, 1981.
The first space shuttle, Columbia, lifted off from Cape Canaveral on April 12, 1981.
The name of the first space shuttle that was run through free flight simulation was Enterprise, but the first space shuttle to actually reach orbit was Columbia in 1981.
first the rocket boosters carry it into space then the external tank pushes the shuttle above earth then when the shuttle is ready the external tank falls off and the shuttle is ready for its mission then after its mission the shuttle lands and blows out a parachute come out from the back to help the shuttle slow down.any parts from the rocket or shuttle can be reused except the external tank.
April 12th, 1981.
The Space Shuttle usually took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The space shuttle is launched into Outer Space by having it attached to the rocket that launches up as well as the space shuttle and gradually the rocket falls apart and lands in the Pacific ocean. It often lands there. The space shuttle then continues its mission alone.
a space shuttle blasts off to space containing people and other organisms or devices. we discovered space through a telescope, and explored it with a space shuttle.