Space Shuttle

Columbia, 1982

America's main spaceship launching station is the Kennedy Space Center, located in Florida. It is operated by NASA and is used for launching crewed and uncrewed missions into space, including to the International Space Station.

If you're talking about a solid rocket booster, or SRB, then it's the solid-fuel powered rocket motors attached outside the main vehicle, used to provide extra lift at take-off, and jettisoned after take-off when their fuel has expired. These are used on the sides of the Space Shuttle (they're the big, pointy things on the sides). That's the only thing I know of that fits your description, and I'm sorry if that's not what you mean.

Sadly not yet but as his career climbs, he still has not given up on his childhood dream to one day go into space. He says, "I haven't given up on that. It probably won't happen overnight, but in the next five years I hope to go there."

To attend a shuttle launch, you would need to first check the schedule and location of the launch. Then, you can either purchase tickets or apply for a visitor pass through the space agency conducting the launch. Remember to follow all safety guidelines and arrive at the designated viewing area well in advance of the launch time.

Yes, Mae C Jemison had multiple role models who inspired her, including her parents who encouraged her curiosity and ambition, as well as Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Lt. Uhura in Star Trek and inspired Jemison's interest in space exploration. Jemison also admired scientist Marie Curie for her groundbreaking work in science.

A space shuttle is considered a glider during its re-entry phase because it relies on its shape and aerodynamic design to glide through the atmosphere and land safely on a runway. It does not have engines during this phase and instead uses the atmosphere's resistance to slow down and control its descent.

Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in disaster on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members on board.

Yeah! I think it's a good book. It's called "Mae Jemison Space Scientist" if you didn't know.

The space shuttle could, in an emergency, land at any airport having a runway at least 3km (about 10,000 feet) long.

There is a list of designated secondary landing sites, most of which are US Air Force Bases or military bases of allied countries, but a few of which are commercial airports with at least one suitable runway. For the most part, they're either low-traffic or could reasonably divert regular traffic to nearby airports while the shuttle landed. Probably the best-known US airport that is also a designated potential landing site for the shuttle is JFK airport in New York (JFK's inbound traffic could be diverted to one of the area's other major airports, if absolutely necessary).

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A space shuttle moves in space due to its initial velocity gained from launch and the lack of significant air resistance to slow it down. While gravity is weaker in space, it still affects the shuttle's trajectory and orbit around celestial bodies. In the absence of other forces, the shuttle will continue to move in a straight line at a constant speed due to Newton's first law of motion.

no. there is no need to bank. Banking happens because the only way aircraft can turn is by banking. while banking, air pushes off the bottom of the aircraft to make it go in a certain direction. there is no air in space. space is a vacuum. thrusters are used.

It has been two shuttle missions that has ended with death. The first one was the space shuttle Challenger, it exploded about 73 seconds from the launch in 1986, and then it was the shuttle Columbia that was torn apart when they entered the earth atmosphere in 2003. All of the crew died in both of the "crashes".

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The astronauts wear tethers whenever they exit the space station so that they remain attached to the station. Otherwise, without sufficient gravity to keep them close by, they could easily drift away into space.

The living area on a space shuttle is called the habitation module. This is where astronauts eat, sleep, and perform daily activities while in space. It typically includes sleeping quarters, a galley for preparing meals, and areas for exercise and recreation.

The first American space station, Skylab, fell to earth in 1979.

Neil Armstrong did not take a space shuttle to the moon. He was one of the astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission, which used the Apollo spacecraft to travel to the moon in 1969. The lunar module named "Eagle" carried Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the lunar surface.

Atlantis, Endeavor, Discovery are the only Space Shuttles currently operating in NASA's Space Shuttle program (Challenger and Columbia were both lost in explosions).

Crewed missions refer to space missions where humans are physically present aboard the spacecraft. These missions involve astronauts or cosmonauts traveling to space to carry out scientific research, maintenance tasks, or other activities.

In 1986, the Soviet Union launched a space station into space. That is a place where astronauts can eat and sleep during their missions. Mir was supposed to orbit earth for five years, but with repairs it orbited earth for fifteen years. Mir was finally abandoned in 2001. It fell safely to the earth. ''Mir'' is the Russian word for ''peace.''

Rockets are launched into space by generating thrust through the expulsion of high-speed exhaust gases out of the rocket nozzle. This action follows Newton's third law of motion, which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. By expelling gas in one direction, the rocket moves in the opposite direction.