They are thermal heat protection tiles. They help the Space Shuttle withstand 3,000+ F during reentry.
If for some reason right then and there a star imploded and made a black hole and the space shuttle met it's unlikely demise.
The first space shuttle developed by NASA was the Space Shuttle Enterprise, which never flew in space and was used for atmospheric flight tests. The first space shuttle to reach space was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981.
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.
The name of the space shuttle was Challenger.
The same colors as every Space Shuttle, mostly dark orange, black and white.
They are thermal heat protection tiles. They help the Space Shuttle withstand 3,000+ F during reentry.
If for some reason right then and there a star imploded and made a black hole and the space shuttle met it's unlikely demise.
The black tiles underneath the space shuttle are made of ceramics. Ceramics are already fired and thus able to withstand very high temperatures. The ceramic tiles do oxidize (which means material is lost) and are replaced between missions. The failure on Columbia was due to some of those ceramic tiles having fallen off during take off.
Space Shuttle Endeavour was the final Space Shuttle built. It was built to replace Space Shuttle Challenger.
The first space shuttle developed by NASA was the Space Shuttle Enterprise, which never flew in space and was used for atmospheric flight tests. The first space shuttle to reach space was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981.
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.
The space shuttle went into space and studied outer space.
The name of the space shuttle was Challenger.
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.
Mae Jemison was the first black woman to travel into space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. She was also the first African-American woman to be admitted into the astronaut training program.
Space Shuttle.