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The space shuttle orbiter orbits the earth. The solid rocket boosters are jettisoned within the earth's atmosphere, around two minutes after launch and the External Fuel Tank is jettisoned once in space.
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In 1981 what candy was chosen by the first space shuttle astronauts for part of their space menu?
skittles
Which space shuttle did neil Armstrong land on?
Neil Armstrong never served on a space shuttle mission. He was part of the Apollo Program
Where do astronauts park their rockets?
Virtually every part of a rocket burns up upon re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. The only part that returned from the Moon missions were the very tip of the 365 foot rocket. This capsule contained the 3 astronauts and three parachutes. The space shuttle does a little better. The two white solid rocket boosters fall to Earth and parachutes into the sea. They are collected and reused
How did the astronauts return from their space travels before the shuttle?
Part of the rocket was the module in which they lived and when they wanted to come back to Earth they would fire small retro-rockets which would slow the craft down. It would then fall out of orbit, re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and splash down in the sea, its speed being contolled in the last stages by a parachute. The module would then be recovered by a ship waiting for it.
Kalpana Chawla's path to the 'Milky Way'?
Chawla joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in March 1995 and was selected for her first flight in 1996. She had traveled 10.67 million km, as many as 252 times around the Earth.She started off on her path to the 'Milky Way' on November 19, 1997 as part of the six-astronaut crew that flew the Space Shuttle Columbia. She was the first Indian-born woman and the second Indian person to fly in space. On her first mission, she traveled over 10.4 million miles in 252 orbits of the earth, logging more than 372 hours in space. After that she was assigned to technical positions in the astronaut office to work on the space station, her performance in which was recognized with a special award from her peers.In 2000 she was selected for her second flight as part of the crew of STS-107. This mission was repeatedly delayed due to scheduling conflicts and technical problems, finally she returned to space aboard Columbia on the ill-fated STS-107 mission. Her responsibilities included the microgravity experiments, for which the crew conducted nearly 80 experiments studying earth and space science, advanced technology development, and astronaut health and safety.Kalpana Chawla died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster which occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, with the loss of all seven crew members, shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission.
Which part of the space craft came back to earth?
The space shuttle.
Which part of the space shuttle orbits the earth?
The orbiter.
Which part of a space shuttle orbits the Earth?
The external tank
who the shuttle in space break?
The Space Shuttle was a reusable spacecraft developed by NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program. It was used for a variety of missions including launches into low Earth orbit and repair and maintenance of the Hubble Space Telescope. The Space Shuttle was retired in 2011 and no longer in use. None of the Space Shuttles broke in space.
What is the part of space shuttle?
If you mean by the roll they played, they were mainly used for going between earth and the ISS, repairing sattelites and telescopes, and doing experiments in space. Now the space shuttle fleet is retired and are in museums.
What is a chioken?
A part on the Space shuttle
What did NASA do in the 80s?
NASA began its space shuttle program in the 1980s. In 1981, NASA's first space shuttle was launched. On June 18, 1983, the first woman to go into space, Sally Ride, was part of the first five man team to orbit the Earth in a space shuttle. On August 30, 1983, the first African American, Guion S. Bluford, went into space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger. On January 26, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded.
Does the shuttle have to go around the earth to get into outerspace?
-- An object being launched to go to 'outer space' doesn't need to go around the Earth in order to get there. That's done sometimes, just to give ground controllers a chance to check things out and make sure it's ready for the long part of the trip, but it's not a necessary part of the process. -- The Space Shuttle wasn't designed for 'outer space', and never went anywhere except around the Earth. -- The Space Shuttle doesn't even do that much any more. The last Shuttle mission flew in 2011, and all of the remaining Shuttles are in museums now.
What part of the space shuttle was made in Canada?
the arm
What part of a space shuttle does Canada make?
The arm.
What is the most difficult part of getting a shuttle into space?
If we were to ask NASA what is the most difficult part of getting a shuttle into space, I believe the answer would be, getting the appropriation through Congress.
Which part of the ocean is part of the continuous underwater mountain range that circles earth?
Mid- ocean ridge is the part of the continuous underwater mountain range that circles earth.
