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What happens during stages 5 of a shuttle flight?
During stage 5 of a shuttle flight, the orbiter performs a deorbit burn to slow down and descend back to Earth's atmosphere. The orbiter then re-enters the atmosphere, where it faces intense heat and deceleration. Finally, the orbiter glides to a landing at the designated site.
What is a orbiting space shuttle?
An orbiter.
What space shuttle was reused?
The space shuttle that was reused was the Space Shuttle Orbiter, a part of NASA's Space Shuttle system. The first orbiter to be reused was Columbia, followed by Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
When was the NASA shuttle landing facility built?
The NASA shuttle landing facility was built in 1983. The first time the landing was used was in February 1984.
What is the oldest surviving space shuttle?
The oldest surviving space shuttle is the Enterprise, which was the first orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle program. Enterprise never flew in space but was used for testing purposes, including approach and landing tests in the 1970s. It is now on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.
How large is a space shuttle?
The space shuttle orbiter is 122.17 ft long, has a wingspan of 78.06 ft, and stands 58.58 ft high on its landing gear. The space shuttle stack (the orbiter, solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank) is 180 ft tall.
What happens during stages 5 of a shuttle flight?
During stage 5 of a shuttle flight, the orbiter performs a deorbit burn to slow down and descend back to Earth's atmosphere. The orbiter then re-enters the atmosphere, where it faces intense heat and deceleration. Finally, the orbiter glides to a landing at the designated site.
What is a orbiting space shuttle?
An orbiter.
What space shuttle was reused?
The space shuttle that was reused was the Space Shuttle Orbiter, a part of NASA's Space Shuttle system. The first orbiter to be reused was Columbia, followed by Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
Who manufactures the space shuttle orbiter?
Rockwell International.
Which part of the space shuttle orbits the earth?
The orbiter.
What is really the space shuttle?
Contrary to popular belief, the Space Shuttle is the orbiter, external boosters and external tanks combined. The bit that actually goes into space is called the orbiter.
How do you transport a space shuttle on the ground?
AnswerBefore launch the shuttle is moved to the launchpad by the Shuttle Crawler-Transporter from the Vehicle Assembly Building. If the last landing has occurred at the Edwards Airforce Base in California, it will have been brought to this building by the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a 747 especially adapted to 'piggyback' it. At other times, the shuttle is pushed or towed by vehicles similar to those that move planes at airports.See the related links below.The orbiter vehicle, commonly known as the space shuttle, is actually only one piece of the Shuttle Transportation System (STS), which is stacked with the External Tank (ET) and the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB's) only after it has been prepared for flight in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF). Once prepared for flight in the OPF, the landing gear remains in the "up" position until the orbiter lands, following each mission.The flight-ready orbiter is transported aboard a special multi-wheeled transporter from the OPF to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) where large cranes hoist it off the transporter and lift it into place aboard the Crawler-Transporter where it will be mated to the already stacked ET and SRB's to form the STS.Once the orbiter returns to the Kennedy Space Center landing facility, either having been transported here by the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) or directly landing following a mission, it will be towed to the OPF using an aircraft-tow "tug", where it will be prepared for its next mission, beginning the cycle all over again.
How was an Apollo landing on earth different to space shuttle landing?
a shuttle has wheels an Apollo has no wheels
How fast does a space shuttle go when it lands?
The orbiter's main landing gear touches down on the runway at 214 to 226 miles per hour, followed by the nose gear.
What was not a space shuttle orbiter?
Apollo, Mercury, Gemini, Soyuz, etc.
When was the NASA shuttle landing facility built?
The NASA shuttle landing facility was built in 1983. The first time the landing was used was in February 1984.
