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The International Space Station orbits the Earth at an average altitude of about 250 miles (400 kilometers) and travels approximately 17,500 miles (28,000 kilometers) per hour. It completes an orbit around the Earth roughly every 90 minutes.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the independent US governmental agency established in 1958 for the research and development of space vehicles and activities for the exploration of space within and outside of Earth's atmosphere.

Yes. Saturn 5, V or Five was the rocket that sent man to the Moon.

The V is the Roman numeral for 5.

NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It is the United States government agency responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.

Yes, there are public buses operated by METRO that run from downtown Houston to Space Center Houston. You can take METRO Bus Route 246 from downtown to reach the space center.

Sound needs a volume to travel in. Space happens to be a vacuum, so said volume is not there. Sound cannot travel in space because of this.

If sound cannot travel through space, it is not going to reach Earth.

So, no.

The shuttle is traveling at a tremendous speed. In order to come out of orbit, the shuttle must slow down. When flipped backwards, the shuttle fires it's engines to slow down and enter the atmosphere. The shuttle begins to be slowed down by the atmosphere as it flips to a forward position for a proper landing.

It can go a little faster than 18,000 miles per hour. So slow compared to what the universe can throw at it.

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No fatalities have ever occurred on a shuttle prior to launch.

3 astronauts did die on January 27, 1967 during a test for the Apollo/Saturn-204 launch, also known as AS-204. Command Pilot Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee died when fire broke out inside the capsule.

AS-204 was later officially renamed Apollo 1.

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There are 15 countries involved in the International Space Station project. These countries are the United States, Russia, Canada, Japan, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

The festival of the fruits is the largest festival that can be seen from space. It celebrates the curvature of the banana.

It is held once every 50 years and the next festival is in 2012

The orange object on the space shuttle is the external fuel tank. It contains the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen that are needed to fuel the shuttle's main engines during launch. Once the fuel is consumed, the tank is jettisoned and burns up in the atmosphere.

Because the Earth rotates at a greater speed closer to the equator, and Florida is close to the equator. This greater rotational speed makes it so that launch vehicles can use less thrust to obtain the velocity required to reach orbit.

And apart from that, it is near the Atlantic ocean so there is a little probability that launch junks such as rocket booster empty containers can cause damage to people on the ground once they are detached.

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian woman to travel twice into space. She was an astronaut who flew on two Space Shuttle missions: STS-87 in 1997 and STS-107 in 2003. Tragically, she lost her life in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.

No, the only lights the orbiter has externally technically aren't external; they're in the payload bay. Used in orbital night (when the orbiter's in Earth's shadow), even during a spacewalk, or EVA (Extra-Vehicular Activity).

Bringing Earth food into space is challenging because it can spoil quickly due to the lack of refrigeration, the presence of microgravity altering flavors and textures, and limited space for storage. Additionally, crumbs and food particles can float around and damage sensitive equipment on a spacecraft. Specialized food and packaging are designed to address these challenges in space.

Traveling in a space shuttle involves experiencing a force of gravity that is significantly higher during launch and re-entry compared to an airplane. Space shuttles travel at much higher speeds and altitudes, reaching orbit around Earth or other celestial bodies. Additionally, space shuttles require extensive training for astronauts due to the unique challenges of space travel.

NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed on Mars in a region called Green Valley, within the larger area known as Vastitas Borealis, in May 2008. It landed near the Martian north pole.

Space shuttles are equipped with heat-resistant materials such as thermal protection tiles that absorb and dissipate the intense heat generated during re-entry. These tiles prevent the shuttle from burning up by providing a buffer between the spacecraft and the heat of re-entry. Additionally, the shuttle's shape and angle of entry help distribute heat evenly across its surface.

NASA last launched a rocket on September 15, 2021 when the SpaceX Falcon 9 launched four civilians into orbit aboard the Inspiration4 mission.

Frozen chunk of insulating foam about the size of a small suitcase broke off tank and struck wing just after liftoff, shattering several leading edge carbon/ceramic high temperature tiles. On reentry the frictional heat with the air was able to get in this hole, melt the wing off, causing the shuttle to tumble out of control and burn up like a meteor.

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