November 16 2009 is next shuttle launch.Go to NASA.gov for updates http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Space planes will go up now that the space shuttle program was dropped. :(
there isn't going to be a next space shuttle- the shuttle program is set to end in the middle of 2010
Discovery was the next shuttle to launch. Over 2 years later.
The shuttle program has been completed. There will be no more shuttle launches.
The space shuttle is able to go to the moon by using a special type of fuel and rises up the earth atmosphere until it overcomes the force of gravity.
Space planes will go up now that the space shuttle program was dropped. :(
No. The next shuttle mission - which will be the next-to-last shuttle launch - is scheduled for October, 2010.
there isn't going to be a next space shuttle- the shuttle program is set to end in the middle of 2010
Discovery was the next shuttle to launch. Over 2 years later.
The shuttle program has been completed. There will be no more shuttle launches.
The space shuttle is able to go to the moon by using a special type of fuel and rises up the earth atmosphere until it overcomes the force of gravity.
NASA does not use spac shuttle any more
It can't. And there's no way to redesign it so that it can, all the shuttle can do is to go up to low Earth orbit and come back down.
Never: The Shuttle has never been to the moon and never will.
The first space shuttle that "flew" was the Enterprise, but it was not capable of space flight.The first orbital shuttle was Columbia.The next orbital shuttle was Challenger.
There are 6 space shuttles, 5 fully functional. Enterprise- Named after the Star Trek ship, it's not able to go to space. It can fly like a plane though. It's a test ship. Colombia- First shuttle to go into space. Blew up in 2003. Challenger- blew up in 1986 Discovery- STS-133, last mission for this shuttle. Atlantis- STS-135 last space shuttle mission scheduled this summer. Endeavour- STS-134, next mission, coming up soon. This was made as a replacement to Challenger in the 90's. All of them are reusable to go into space except for the blown up ones and Enterprise. Enterprise is still functional for flying on Earth.
To lift off the earth against the force of gravity. To go up.