Space Shuttle

Shannon Lucid is famous for being an American astronaut who set several records during her long-duration spaceflight missions aboard the Russian space station Mir. She is one of the few women to have traveled to space multiple times and has contributed significantly to space exploration.

After re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, the space shuttle glides back to Earth using its specialized heat shield and re-entry procedures. It lands on a runway using its landing gear. Once on the ground, it is towed back to the hangar for processing and refurbishment before its next flight.

The International Space Station (ISS) uses a combination of rocket fuel and oxidizer to power its engines for maneuvers and reboosts. It also uses solar panels to generate electricity for its systems and experiments. Additionally, water is used as a coolant for various equipment on the ISS.

There were five space shuttle missions that launched before Challenger, starting with Columbia in April 1981.

1. Pathfinder: full scale model used for measurements/calculations/testing

(no function)

2. Enterprise: practice/test landings (didn't go into space)

2. Columbia: Lost on entry

3. Challenger: Lost on take off

4. Discovery

5. Atlantis

6. Endeavor

The space shuttle was the result of committee compromise and political expediency. It was never the best design. It takes off like a rocket (and blows up like one on occasion) and lands like a plane (or rather, it lands like a brick with control surfaces).

The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members onboard. The disaster was caused by the failure of an O-ring seal in one of the solid rocket boosters, which allowed hot gases to escape and rupture the external fuel tank. This tragedy led to a suspension of the Space Shuttle program and a redesign of certain components to improve safety.

The name of the shuttle where the woman astronaut died is the Space Shuttle Challenger. The Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the tragic deaths of all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

A rocket can produce more thrust in the vacuum of space because there is no air resistance to counteract its propulsion. On Earth, the atmosphere creates drag that limits the effectiveness of the rocket's thrust. In space, without this resistance, the rocket can achieve maximum efficiency in pushing against its exhaust gases to propel forward.

The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, where the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after launch, resulted in the loss of seven crew members. This tragic event led to a temporary halt in the Space Shuttle program and a reevaluation of safety protocols.

I don't know about recycling oxygen. But I know they remove exhaled (carbon dioxide)CO2 in the living environments by using (solid lithium hydroxide) LiOH that bonds with CO2 to form (solid lithium carbonate) Li2CO3 and (water) H2O.

On-orbit construction of the station began in 1998 so currently ISS is 12 years old.

Yuri Gagarin spent approximately 108 minutes in space during his historic Vostok 1 mission on April 12, 1961. He completed one orbit around the Earth before safely returning.

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It varies over time, but as of Oct 2021, the Expedition 65 crew comprises NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Mark T. Vande Hei, and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov.

The first space shuttle, Columbia, lifted off from Cape Canaveral on April 12, 1981.

The space shuttle is a pretty heavy critter. It weighs a couple of thousand tons! And it has no wings to speak of. Just some little "projections" on the sides of the vehicle to help flair it out at the end of its "fall" to earth. (It flies like a brick, if that helps.) It's rate of descent in normal operation is pretty darn high. Anyway, there are no "reverse thrusters" on the rockets to slow it down like on jet airplanes. And there are no flaps on the "wings" to increase the chord of that wing (giving it more lift) to allow it to land at a slower speed. The result is that it comes in really "hot" when it lands; it's really ripping along.

The shuttle is moving at between 600 and 700 miles per hour when it begins final approach (at perhaps 3,000 feet). It deploys some aerodynamic brakes, which are some panels that are hinged in the front and are pushed out at the rear by hydraulics. These slow the vehicle more, and it is moving at between 300 and 400 miles per hour as it nears the ground. After touchdown, the drag chute is deployed to further slow the vehicle, which is still moving at a bit over 200 miles per hour. There are brakes on the shuttle, and they are used in the final run to bring the vehicle to a stop. But the brakes would take all day to slow the craft without the drag chute. And there may not be enough runway (the dry lake bed in California, or the runway in Florida) to get this thing completely stopped without the help of the chute.

The drag chute is a simple and elegant solution to the problem of dragging the shuttle down into a moderate roll from the 200+ mile per hour speed it is moving at as it puts its wheels on the ground. Just so you know, drag chutes were used on several types of aircraft, including a couple of the century series fighters, and the X-15 rocket plane. We also saw them on the SR-71 and the B-52, among other aircraft. They work like a champ, and have been proved in long service (though these chutes weren't as large as the shuttle's drag chute. A link can be found below for more information.

The International Space Station was launched in 1998. It is a collaborative project involving multiple countries and serves as a research laboratory in low Earth orbit.

There have been two space shuttles that have blown up: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003. Both tragedies resulted in the loss of all crew members aboard.

Canadarm2 and Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, are major components of the mobile service system of the International Space Station that were designed and built by the Canadian Space Agency. Canadarm2 is a robotic arm used for capturing and docking incoming spacecraft, while Dextre is a dual-armed robot that performs maintenance tasks on the exterior of the space station.

Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when she launched aboard the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. She was not the pilot on this mission, but she went on to become the first woman to fly the space shuttle in 1984.

The Challenger space shuttle mission was launched to deploy a satellite into orbit, as well as conduct various experiments and observations in space.

A space shuttle takes off vertically with the help of powerful rocket engines. It accelerates into space through the atmosphere until it reaches orbit. Once in space, the shuttle disconnects from its rocket boosters and continues its journey to the intended destination.

Yuri Gagarin joined the air force to pursue his dream of becoming a pilot and flying aircraft. He was inspired by the Soviet Union's successful military aviation operations during World War II and wanted to contribute to his country's aviation capabilities.