Space Shuttle

A space shuttle in low Earth orbit travels at a speed of around 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 kilometers per hour) in order to balance the force of gravity pulling it back towards Earth with the centrifugal force of its forward motion, allowing it to stay in orbit.

your question doesnt even make any sense, do you mean, like if you were standing right next to it???? Well if you were you would probably die

As you may know already there is not much gravity in space maybe Evan none. So in order for something as large as the space station it stays in space by the gravitational pull form Earth I guess?

Before the space shuttle program, NASA used various launch vehicles such as the Saturn rockets for the Apollo missions and the Space Transportation System for early spaceflights. These vehicles were designed for specific missions and did not have the reusable characteristics of the space shuttle.

NASA built a total of five space shuttles: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. These shuttles were in operation from 1981 to 2011.

Space shuttles typically operate in the thermosphere layer of the atmosphere, which extends from about 80 kilometers (50 miles) above the Earth's surface to between 550-1000 kilometers (340-620 miles) high. At these altitudes, the air is extremely thin, allowing the shuttles to operate efficiently in the near-vacuum conditions of space.

The flying shuttle, invented by John Kay in 1733, revolutionized the weaving industry by increasing the speed and efficiency of weaving. It significantly sped up the process, allowing weavers to produce cloth more quickly and increase their productivity. The flying shuttle was widely adopted and contributed to the growth of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.

There have been 6 orbiters.

Enterprise was first. Never flew in space. Was built for Approach and Landing tests (ALT).

Then came Columbia, Challenger, Atlantis, Discovery. Endeavour is the baby of the fleet and was built to replace Challenger.

Columbia and Challenger were destroyed in accidents. Enterprise is in a museum.

Well, NASA has developed many things that we still use today on earth and are the founders of incredible technology. Also knowing about our solar system and continuing to study it create smarter people and increases logic amount humans as well as knowledge. Thus making us smarter as a spices. No new knowledge gained is every a waste because even if we have no current use for the knowledge that doesn't mean it won't be useful later. Also keeping busy will give people a goal to work to. It's like math, although when learning it most times people can't find a practical use for it, it's making you a smarter and more rounded person.

Up until today, they used the Shuttle. Since this was the last shuttle mission, they will need to use the Soyuz space capsules until NASA comes up with a replacement vehicle, which is not even on the drawing board.

Jerry L. Ross holds the record for the most space shuttle flights, with seven missions. He is a former NASA astronaut and has logged a total of 1,393 hours in space.

An interdental space refers to the area between two adjacent teeth within the same arch of the mouth. It is the space where dental floss or interdental brushes can be used to clean in between the teeth. Maintaining good oral hygiene in interdental spaces is crucial for preventing plaque buildup and gum disease.

The space shuttle gets back to Earth by re-entering the Earth's atmosphere at a high speed, causing friction that slows it down. It then uses a combination of heat shields and parachutes to safely land on a designated runway.

The smoke that comes out of the bottom of a rocket is its "exhaust", much like the smoke and steam you see from a car's exhaust pipe on a cold day. But most of it you can't see : a huge volume of expanding hot gases. When rocket fuel "burns" (whether it is liquid hydrogen, kerosene, or solid propellant), it combines with oxygen to release incredible amounts of heat energy. The released gases (water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other compounds) are rapidly heated and violently expand, and the only way out is through the nozzles at the base of the rocket. This thunderous rush of gases zooms out of the rocket, and according to Newton's law of action and reaction, the rocket is pushed in the other direction, which is ideally "up."

It takes a lot of energy to lift a heavy rocket against gravity, and accelerate it to the high speed (40000 km/hr, or 25000 mph) that it needs to reach orbit. Once in space, however, it will continue to move without much help as it circles the Earth.

Space shuttles don't land on the moon. They only went between the Earth's surface and orbit.

The didn't carry enough fuel to get to the moon, and couldn't land there anyhow. No atmosphere, no runway, no Place to refuel.

The United States launched the Viking space probes. Viking 1 was launched on August 20, 1975, and Viking 2 was launched on September 9, 1975. These probes were part of NASA's Viking program to study Mars.

The last space shuttle launch was originally planned for early 2011, but it was delayed to July 8, 2011. The Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) was the final shuttle mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program before the fleet was retired.

Astronauts train for a space mission to the International Space Station by undergoing simulations of spacewalks, living in confined spaces, using the station's robotic arm, operating spacecraft systems, and conducting scientific experiments. They also train in underwater environments to simulate the weightlessness of space and work closely with their crewmates to prepare for the mission.

It's a tie. The first shuttle to fly into space was Columbia during mission STS-1.

The commander was veteran astronaut John Young and he was assisted by the rookie pilot Robert Crippen.

Shuttle jumps are a plyometric exercise that involves jumping back and forth over an imaginary line or a physical object like a bench or a cone. It helps to improve cardiovascular fitness, leg strength, and agility. To perform shuttle jumps, start in a squat position, jump sideways to one side, then back to the other side as quickly as possible.

The big orange gas tank on a space shuttle is called the External Tank. It stores the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen needed for the main engines during launch.

It takes about 8.5 minutes for a space shuttle to reach orbit after launch. During this time, the shuttle accelerates to speeds over 17,000 miles per hour to overcome Earth's gravity and reach the necessary altitude. The shuttle then enters a stable orbit around the Earth.

Helium is used as a pressurizing agent in the fuel and oxidizer tanks of space shuttles. By regulating pressure during fuel consumption, helium ensures a steady flow of propellants to the engines, which is crucial for achieving the necessary thrust to lift the shuttle off the ground and into space.

The most successful space probe launched to Neptune was Voyager 2. It made its closest approach to Neptune in 1989, providing valuable data and images of the planet and its moons. Voyager 2 remains the only spacecraft to have visited Neptune.

It would probably be difficult traveling in a Space Shuttle, because of the gravity. There is basically no gravity unless you are on earth... That and the face that you would be so confined in such a small space, and that is something that I would never be able to do, because I am very bad at being in small spaces especially for long periods of times!