Space Shuttle

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OMS stands for Orbital Maneuvering System in space missions. It is used to perform spacecraft maneuvers such as adjusting orbits, docking with other spacecraft, or returning to Earth.

To launch a parachute in Kerbal Space Program, you need to first ensure that the parachute is attached to your craft by placing it in a stage with a lower number than your decouplers or engine stages. When you reach the desired altitude, press the spacebar or manually activate the parachute through the staging menu to deploy it.

Astronauts minimize G-forces during blastoff by using specially designed seats that distribute the forces evenly across their bodies. Additionally, they undergo training to brace themselves and tense their muscles to help withstand the forces. The spacecraft's design also plays a role in minimizing G-forces by gradually accelerating and decelerating during launch and reentry.

Yes, a space is typically used after "circa" when indicating an approximate date. For example, "circa 1900."

The space shuttle that blew up upon reentering the atmosphere was the Space Shuttle Columbia. It disintegrated over Texas on February 1, 2003, during reentry into Earth's atmosphere after a 16-day scientific mission. The disaster resulted in the tragic loss of all seven crew members aboard.

The word "shuttle" is broken down into VCCV (consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel) pattern. The two consonants "sh" are separated by the double "t" in the middle.

The external tank held 535,000 gallons of propellants -- 390,000 gallons liquid hydrogen and 145,000 gallonsliquid oxygen

Women who flew on the Space Shuttle by country:

44 American

2 Canadian

2 Japanese

1 Russian

49 total

This includes Christa McAuliffe, who died on the Challenger on January 28, 1986.

FYI: The Russian (Soviet) space program has also launched 7 women in space who did not fly on the shuttle (as of 6-15-2010), and there have been 4 women who have flown on both the shuttle and the Russian program, for a total of 56 women in space. The first was Valentina Tereshkova launched on the Soviet program on June 16, 1963.

Construction of the Space Shuttle Enterprise began on June 4, 1974. The completed vehicle was unveiled to the public on September 17, 1976.

The space shuttle had two kinds of rockets for maneuvering. The Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) is used for changing the shuttle's orbit. When the main engines shut down, the shuttle is not completely in its orbit, so the OMS is used for final orbital insertion. The OMS is also used to de-orbit for landing. The OMS design is based on the rocket engine used by Apollo to orbit the moon and de-orbit the moon for return to earth. There are two OMS per shuttle, on the back just above the main engines. The OMS are on swivels (gimbals), which allows pointing them in slightly different directions to rotate the shuttle when they are active.

When the other engines are not active, the space shuttle turns itself to point in different directions, and makes small motions such as to dock with the space station when it is already orbiting near it, using the small Reaction Control System (RCS) engines. There are 38 primary RCS engines, 14 in the front and 24 in the back, pointing in all different directions so the shuttle can move in all different directions when it is docking with something or wants to change directions. There are 6 smaller vernier RCS engines, 2 in the front and 4 in the back, that are used for fine adjustments. If the OMS engines fail, the shuttle can still de-orbit and land using the primary RCS engines in an emergency mode.

The teacher who was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 was Christa McAuliffe. She was selected to be the first teacher in space as part of NASA's Teacher in Space Project.

NASA itself. The Shuttle has posed a large problem in recent years with its total cost of up keep. The shuttles are older and its beginning to cost more and more to keep them not only safe but maintain their maintenance. The new rockets and transportation devices they have and are working on will be more similar to the old way of doing things so to speak. Strap what they need to the end of a big rocket and shoot it up there like the original Apollo missions that way re-entry will become safer for humans as well. And as for putting hardware into space they will do everything on the ground before hand and shoot it there and recover the peices as they fall. Another thing to is the satellites we have now are also getting older and more and more have been replaced. Guess the key ingredient here is personal safety and the Shuttles are old and getting more and more unstable for their missions. Not to mention their budgets are getting cut yearly. So now we will see (if it isnt classified) rockets shooting the payload whatever it may be hooked up in the nose, if its manned it will simply fall back to Earth the old fashioned way and a whole frigate of naval ships will patrol for its recovery.

The space shuttle typically took about 2 days to return from the space station to Earth. This allowed for a gradual re-entry process and ensured a safe return for the astronauts.

Animals were used in the first test flights of vehicles in space to determine the potential effects of space travel on living organisms. By studying how animals reacted to the conditions of space, scientists could gather valuable data on the impacts of microgravity, radiation, and other factors, helping to ensure the safety of human astronauts in future missions.

Clouds of steam are produced during a space launch because the immense heat generated by the rocket engines causes moisture in the air around the rocket to quickly evaporate and form visible water vapor. This rapid expansion of the heated air creates the cloud-like formations seen during launch.

A spacecraft needs a rocket engine to provide thrust for propulsion in the vacuum of space. Unlike in the atmosphere, where planes can use lift for flight, rockets rely on their engines to push against the inertia of their mass and propel themselves forward in space.

Yes, the bottoms and nose areas of all of the shuttle-craft ARE covered with tiles, which sometimes come off while the shuttle is in flight!

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Edwards AFB in California was, from the start of the shuttle program, the "backup" landing sight in case of weather conditions at Cape Canaveral, or other considerations. It was used several times for that purpose.

A space shuttle orbits the Earth at an average speed of about 17,500 miles per hour. This high speed is necessary to counteract the gravitational pull of the Earth and remain in orbit.

After being used for atmospheric test flights and display at various locations, space shuttle Enterprise is now on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. It serves as a testament to the early development of the Space Shuttle program and its advancements in space exploration technology.

Scientists are still exploring exactly what can be done in outer space and how we can do it, so mostly the space shuttles and space stations have been used for research about weightlessness, vacuum, and other aspects of being in outer space. Space certainly has some very solid practical applications already, such as communications satellites and global positioning satellites, and one of the functions of space shuttles has been to put satellites in their orbits (although there are also other ways of putting satellites into orbit) and in some cases, to repair satellites that are already in orbit.

Doug Hurley pilots STS-135, scheduled to launch at 11:26 a.m. EDT - July 8, 2011 .

The name of the NASA Space Shuttle that successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center on its final mission was Atlantis. Atlantis completed its final mission (STS-135) on July 8, 2011.

Christa Mcauliffe, who did not survive the trip- killed when the Challenger exploded on the way up. She was the first American woman to lose her life in a spacecraft accident- which strictly speaking, did not happen in space- but inside the atmosphere. There were two females also on the Columbia crew- another All-Hands fatal incident, which broke up on re-entry. Mrs. Mcauliffe was a social studies teacher- apart from NASA- not a Biologist which might have been a better choice.