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Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttles are reusable spacecraft with wings for controlled descent into the atmosphere. They are designed to transport astronauts between earth and an orbiting space station and to deploy and retrieve satellites. Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavour are the three Space Shuttles in operation today.
3,420 Questions
Did the shuttle columbia's astronauts survive?
no, all the astronauts on the final mission of columbia died during reentry.
What does an o-ring do in a space shuttle?
The same it always do - provides a seal between two surfaces.
What modes of communication can astronauts use when they are outside the space shuttle?
Mabye a walkie-talkie or radio. I am not sure.
What does a payload specialist on space flights?
They are selected & trained commercially for specific payloads on certain space shuttle missions
What large portion of a space shuttle that resembles an airplane and carries the crew is called the?
orbiter
Weightlessness
orbiter
The first astronaut of Indian origin was Kalpana Chawla whose first mission with NASA was in 1997. The first India person in space, though, was Rakesh Sharma who on a Soviet mission in 1984.
This is known as free fall or microgravity. In this state, astronauts and objects inside the shuttle experience a sensation of weightlessness because they are falling at the same rate as the shuttle around the Earth, creating the illusion of being in a state of weightlessness.
Does Homer Hickam have any children?
Yes, Homer Hickam has two children, Homer Hickam III and James Addison "Jake" Hickam.
The space station continues at the same speed. The spacewalker will also travel at the same speed. Their relative speed however will be near zero however because they are travelling together. In effect their is no real way for a spacecraft to speed up or slow down without changing its orbit.
Why did the US send Apollo 11 to the moon?
The US sent Apollo 11 to the moon as part of the space race with the Soviet Union to demonstrate technological and ideological superiority during the Cold War. It was also a significant milestone in human exploration and contributed to scientific knowledge about the moon and space.
When and where was the first space suites invented?
The first space suits were invented in the United States in the 1950s during the early years of the space race. They were developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and were first used during Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight program by the United States.
