Space Shuttle

Yuri Gagarin was inspired to become a cosmonaut by his interest in aviation and space exploration. He was also motivated by the Soviet Union's goals of advancing space technology and being the first nation to send a human into space. Additionally, Gagarin's strong desire to push the boundaries of human achievement and explore the unknown played a key role in his decision to pursue a career as a cosmonaut.

The first spacewalk was conducted from the Voskhod 2 spacecraft by cosmonaut Alexei Leonov in 1965.

Immediately after the Space Shuttle Program is retired, the International Space Station will rely upon the Russian Soyuz rockets to resupply and re-man the space station. In order to get its astronauts into space, NASA will have to buy seats on the Russian rockets.

Neil Armstrong did not launch in a space shutlle but rather a rocket. The rocket he and fellow crew members of the Apollo 11 mission used to go to the moon was called the Saturn V rocket and was launch from the Kennedy Spce Centre.

To lift a space vehicle into orbit requires massive thrust. The best way to achieve break-out of earths gravity is a lift-off vehicle with a number of engines and a huge fuel tank. As soon as stage 1 has burned its fuel and done its job it is jettisoned, you don't need it, into the ocean it goes. Stage2 is fired to take you high into space and onto a course for your destination. Once that is achieved stage 2 is also jettisoned. Your remaining rocket is hardly needed,there is nothing to slow your progress in the vacuum of space. It will only be fired to alter course, manouvre, or bring you home. You just do not have the power to lift that vehicle off the ground, into orbit, and onto its destination in its entirety, so we do it in sections

Space shuttles do produce pollution, mainly in the form of carbon dioxide and water vapor from the burning of rocket fuel. However, the environmental impact is relatively small compared to other forms of transportation due to the limited number of shuttle launches. The space shuttle program has been retired, with advancements in propulsion technology aiming to reduce pollution further in future missions.

The power needed by the space shuttle when traveling through space varies depending on the phase of the mission. During launch, the main engines produce about 37 million horsepower. Once in space, the shuttle relies on solar panels or fuel cells for power to run its systems and perform maneuvers.

The internationally accepted boundary for space is 100 km (Approximately 62.1 miles) above sea level. This boundary is called the Kármán line. The boundary is named after Theodore von Kármán, who calculated in the 1950s that at an altitude above 100km, a vehicle would have to fly faster than orbital velocity to have sufficient aerodynamic lift to support itself. Once the space shuttle travels above 62 miles, it is considered to be in space.

In space, there is no medium like air to carry sound waves, so there is no way for sound to travel from the spacecraft to an observer's ears. Therefore, a spacecraft moving through space would not generate any sound that we could hear.

The weight of a rocket decreases during takeoff because it is burning fuel, which reduces the amount of mass that the rocket has to lift against gravity. As fuel is used up, the overall weight of the rocket decreases, making it easier to achieve lift-off.

On May 5 1961 Mercury 3 took Alan Shepard to space making it America's first manned space flight

Yuri Gagarin hardly ever left the earth. On April 12, 1961, he was launched from Tyuratam in the USSR,

reached a peak altitude of about 203 miles above the surface, made almost (but not quite) one complete

orbit of the earth, and landed 1hour 48minutes later.

October 4, 1957 was the exact date of the Sputnik launch.

The cost of building a space shuttle varies but on average, it is estimated to be around $1.7 billion per shuttle. This includes design, construction, testing, and mission operations costs.

It is named the International Space Station or ISS.

Apollo 13 was launched from Kennedy Space Center, on April 11, 1970 at 13:13 CST.

Ambisonic music is a form of craft that involves recording instruments in a way that captures the spatial information of the sound. This technique allows the listener to experience the music as if they are surrounded by the instruments in a three-dimensional space, creating a more immersive listening experience.

Space shuttle tiles are primarily made from a material called LI-900, which is a type of lightweight ceramic that is resistant to high temperatures. These tiles are designed to protect the spacecraft from the intense heat generated when reentering Earth's atmosphere.

Yes, all seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger died when it exploded shortly after launch on January 28, 1986.

No, Gemini 7 did not land on the moon. Gemini 7 was a mission carried out by NASA in December 1965 where astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell orbited the Earth for nearly 14 days, but they did not land on the moon.

yes, yes it does ,,, its very fast like gorilla fast :D

There were a total of six space shuttles in NASA's Space Shuttle program: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, and Enterprise (which was a prototype and never flew into space).

You need a fuel. You need something that will react or "burn" with it. This is called an oxidizer, even though oxygen is not always what is used. You need a means of forcing the fuel into a combustion chamber. You need a combustion chamber. And you need an exhaust bell for the spent fuel to leave! Some rockets need an igniter, something to set the fuel and oxidizer off. Other rockets use "hypergolic" fuels, which means that the fuel and oxidizer go off just by coming into contact. This is good because not having an igniter means one less thing that can go wrong. The lunar module had this kind of engine.

Solid rockets have the fuel and oxidizer mixed together, just waiting to be ignited. The burning fuel hollows the rocket out, forming a sort of combustion chamber.

If a space shuttle crashes just after launch, it could be due to a variety of factors such as engine failure, structural issues, or external influences like weather conditions. Investigation would be required to determine the exact cause of the crash. Safety measures and protocols are in place to minimize the risk of such incidents.

The space shuttle allowed for reusable spacecraft, reducing the cost of space travel and enabling more frequent missions. It also facilitated the construction and maintenance of the International Space Station, playing a key role in advancing human space exploration capabilities.