Space Shuttle

As of my last information, Mae C. Jemison is a retired American astronaut, engineer, and physician. She continues to be involved in various educational and philanthropic endeavors, promoting science education and diversity in STEM fields.

The space shuttle only goes into Earth orbit, no other place, ever. It can't go to the Moon as it is too heavy for available rockets to take it there, and there is no air on the Moon for its wings to do any landing.

The first flight of the space shuttle Columbia was on April 12, 1981. It was the inaugural flight of NASA's space shuttle program, known as STS-1. Commander John Young and pilot Robert Crippen were onboard for this historic mission.

The space shuttle heats up when it enters the atmosphere because it encounters friction from the atmosphere. This is why the space shuttle is covered with special tiles that dissipates heat very quickly. You can hold a red hot one with the tips of your fingers. At the time of the deorbit burn the space shuttle is going 14,500 miles an hour. The atmosphere friction slows it down slow enough it open it's parachutes.

The space shuttle has carried into space hundreds of astronauts and satellites. It also ferried parts and crew to the International Space Station. Three interplanetary probes, and several orbital telescopes including Hubble Space Telescope.

Well, that depends on how the car is travelling. If the car remains as is and isn't transported by anything else, then it takes forever, since cars can't fly or travel through space by themselves. If you loaded the car into a space shuttle though, you might be able to do it. Past missions to the moon have taken about three days... not because that is the fastest that you can get there, but because rockets and space vehicles need time to slow down and land and stuff, and humans can only stand a certain level of acceleration.

About nine minutes into the flight, the external fuel tank is jettisoned from the space shuttle orbiter. Because there is no viable way to bring the external tank back to the Earth intact, they are instead allowed to re-enter the atmosphere where they are destroyed. After re-entry, whatever is left of the fuel tanks land in the Indian ocean.

The first space suits were designed by a team at the Berkley College of Engineering in 1934. They were intended for use in high-altitude flight, but laid the groundwork for later space suit designs used by astronauts.

On the International Space Station, water from various sources such as urine, sweat, humidity, and even spacecraft operations like fuel cell reactions is collected and recycled. This water is then treated and purified through processes like filtration, distillation, and ion exchange to make it safe for consumption by astronauts. Recycling water in this manner is crucial for sustaining life in the closed environment of space.

Find a quiet and comfortable place where you feel at ease and can focus on yourself. This could be a specific room in your home, a spot in nature, or even a cozy corner with your favorite book or hobby. Make sure it is a space where you can relax, recharge, and engage in activities that bring you joy and peace.

A spacecraft is launched into space using a rocket as a launch vehicle. Rockets use powerful engines to provide the necessary thrust to overcome Earth's gravity and propel the spacecraft beyond the atmosphere and into space. Once in space, the spacecraft can then use its own propulsion systems to navigate and travel to its destination.

The maximum speed of the space shuttle is 7,743 m/s.

The maximum velocity of a 220 swift is 4,000 ft/s or 1,219 m/s

Therefore the Space Shuttle is a little over 6 times faster "than a speeding" bullet.

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The space shuttle that exploded in 2003 while re-entering Earth's atmosphere was the Space Shuttle Columbia. The tragedy resulted in the loss of all seven crew members on board.

The space shuttle Challenger exploded on live TV on January 28, 1986, 73 seconds after liftoff. The tragic accident resulted in the loss of all seven crew members onboard.

The cost of the Space Shuttle Challenger was approximately $4.5 billion.

No, no space shuttle has gone to Pluto. The New Horizons spacecraft is the only mission to date that has flown by Pluto, passing close to the dwarf planet in 2015 and providing scientists with valuable data and images.

To send a rocket into space, you need to first assemble the rocket, fuel it, and then launch it into the atmosphere. The rocket needs to achieve enough velocity and altitude to escape Earth's gravitational pull and enter space. This involves careful planning, engineering, and coordination of various systems to ensure a successful launch.

Space stations reuse water by collecting and treating wastewater from various sources, such as showers, urine, and humidity in the air. The water is then filtered and purified through processes like distillation and chemical treatments to remove impurities and make it safe for consumption. This recycled water is used for drinking, food preparation, oxygen generation, and other essential needs on the space station.

There have been 5 total HST Servicing Missions, though SM1 is the only one considered a "Repair" mission as well. I was privileged to work on all but the final one.

NASA preferred to use either Discovery or Endeavour for repairs since they have larger bays and can hold more equipment. The missions were:

First Servicing/Repair Mission - SM-1/1993: STS-61 - Biggest repair was COSTAR, the corrective optics that compensated for the mirror flaw. I worked on the electronics for it.

Second Servicing Mission - SM-2/1997 - STS-82 - Added STIS, NICMOS camera, Solid State Recorder (where today's SSD technology came from), Fine Guidance Sensor, and electronic upgrades. I worked on a LOT of stuff for that mission, including new tools used to service it.

Third Servicing Mission - SM-3A/1999 - STS-103 - Originally designed to be just one mission, SM3 was split into two separate missions after it was determined within a few months of mission launch that 3 of HST's 4 gyros had failed. HST's gyros are essential for telescope pointing and maintaining control during observations; without them, HST is essentially space junk.

A quick gyro replacement mission was called up, and most of the equipment slated for installation on the original mission had to wait until 3B.

A bit of trivia on the 3rd mission; originally, mission patches and decals were made showing just the original SM3 mission and insignia. It was later changed to 2 separate missions with different designations, crew, and insignia, so if you ever run across the original, it's a collector's item. I still have several SM3 decals from before the mission change.

Fourth Servicing Mission - SM-3B/2002 - STS-109 - Installed the NICMOS Cooling System and associated hardware, Advanced Camera for Surveys, and other items. The NCS program took a lot of my time, and was the last major HST program I worked on. You can see pics of it on my bio page.

Fifth Servicing Mission - SM-4/2009 - STS-125 - Installed Cosmic Origins Spectograph and Wide-Field Camera 3, the replacement for the WFPC (Wide Field Planetary Camera) installed on SM-2. Repairs to STIS and the ACS were also performed.

For more info, see the NASA link below.

Kennedy Space Center is important because it is the primary launch center for human spaceflight missions in the United States. It has been the launch site for historic missions like the Apollo moon landings and the Space Shuttle program. It continues to play a crucial role in the development and launching of spacecraft for exploration and scientific research.

The Challenger Space Shuttle was invented and put together by a team of designers and experts from NASA. The Challenger disaster happened on January 28, 1986.

Satellites and space shuttles are found in the exosphere layer of the Earth's atmosphere. The exosphere extends from an altitude of about 600 km (373 miles) upwards, and is where most man-made satellites orbit the Earth. Space shuttles operate both within and beyond the exosphere during their missions.

The OMS engines on the shuttle (there are two) are two hypergolic propellant powered engines used by the shuttle during ascent, orbit and deorbit. During launch, the engines MAY be used after main engine cutoff to boost the Shuttle to a predetermined elliptical orbit. This is called OMS-1 burn. OMS-1 may not be required based on the payload and mission.

OMS-2 burn is used to circularize the elliptical orbit that the shuttle first enters after launch.

The engines may be used to change the shuttle's orbital characteristics during its mission.

The engines are used to deorbit the Shuttle so that it may reenter the atmosphere to come back home.

The fuel supply of a space shuttle typically lasts for about 8.5 minutes after liftoff. During this time, the shuttle uses up the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen fuel to power its main engines for the initial ascent phase before they are jettisoned.