Because it carries a crew into space, then returns to Earth, just like a shuttle that goes back and forth.
The space shuttles that were first used in 1980 were Columbia and Challenger. Both space shuttles were part of NASA's Space Shuttle program and conducted various missions until the Challenger disaster in 1986.
Yes. Columbia was the first of the space shuttles to actually fly into space. The first recognizable 'space shuttle' was called the Enterrprise. It was built to do glide and landing tests before the Columbia flew into space in 1981.
Currently NASA have three space shuttles Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
Cape Canaveral, Florida, Kennedy Space Center.
The space shuttle is a reusable space vehicle; it goes into space and it comes back, and can be used again for futher missions into space. Whereas, previously space travel was done by rockets that could be used only once. The rockets would be used up after a single use. Shuttles, therefore, are the kind that can shuttle back and forth.
the called space shuttles
It moves things and people to and from space. That's why it's called a shuttle, because it shuttles stuff.
NASA space shuttles
Space shuttles use energy, not make it
Stations are built in space; Shuttles use rocket boosters.
no place, nobody has space shuttles anymore
It is not expected that the Space Shuttles will fly again.
The question is a little moot, since we don't have space shuttles any more.
If you mean space shuttles, the answer is no.
4 Space Shuttles existed in 2011. Including the test vehicle, Space Shuttle Enterprise. Space Shuttles that actually went into space? 3. Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
The space shuttles that were first used in 1980 were Columbia and Challenger. Both space shuttles were part of NASA's Space Shuttle program and conducted various missions until the Challenger disaster in 1986.
space shuttles were made to be reusable, rockets were used only once