Space Shuttle

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.

The space shuttles are used today as museum pieces and for education in said museums. Atlantis is currently at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Endeavor is in the Los Angeles science center, and Discovery is at the Smithsonian

The liquid fuel motor was invented by Karl Benz in 1885. Benz's invention is considered the first true automobile, known as the Benz Patent-Motorwagen.

An example of a space spin-off is the development of memory foam by NASA for use in astronaut seats, which was later commercialized for mattresses and pillows due to its comfort and support properties.

It ended it's career in July 2011 when it completed its final mission. It will be on display at the Kennedy Space Center for visitors to see.

My father Richard Henry Wolfarth was one of four men who did the engineering and design of the Enterprise at Honeywell back in the 70's. He was in the newspaper for this with the other 3 men. My mom has the newspaper article about it saved!

Astronauts or trained pilots typically fly spaceships. They undergo extensive training to operate the spacecraft and navigate through space.

Depends on the speed the craft can travel. The Apollo mission took about 3 days

Once per completed mission, the shuttles have landed on Planet Earth.

The Soviet Union was the first country to reach space with the launch of the satellite Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957.

The first space shuttle that "flew" was the Enterprise, but it was not capable of space flight.

The first orbital shuttle was Columbia.
The next orbital shuttle was Challenger.

The NASA Crawler transporter moves at a speed of about 1 mile per hour when transporting a space shuttle. This slow speed is necessary to ensure the stability and safety of the shuttle during transportation.

escape velocity of the earth is around 11km per sec so the shuttle would need to travel around 22times the speed of sound to get into orbit

If your doing a space project at school, you can use some of these ideas:

The 3 Main Components Of The Space Shuttle

The Rocket Boosters:

The Rocket Boosters are 2 parallel boosters filled with solid rocket fuel similar to fireworks or gun powder attached to the side of the liquid fuel tank with explosive mounts and they provide 80% of the thrust to launch the space vehicle from the platform. The Rocket Boosters are only used throughout the first 2 minutes during the take off, once they are ignited, they cannot be stopped, the mission must continue. After they are empty the rocket boosters are jettisoned by exploding the mounts off the solid boosters so they can fall back to earth with parachutes and be picked up to be reused.

The Propellant Tank:

The Propellant Tank is the biggest part of the space shuttle. It carries the two solid rocket boosters and the space shuttle itself. It is filled with the liquid fuel and oxygen the shuttle needs to carry itself into space where there is no oxygen. After the solid boosters are jettisoned, the liquid fuel is the only thrust the shuttle has to drive it, so that when it exits the Earth's atmosphere and has reached its altitude the shuttle has no further use for it because it has enough fuel to complete the mission in its own tanks so the propellant tank falls back to earth to be reused again.

The Orbiter:

The Orbiter is the main part that transports the astronauts and pay load to space. The space shuttle is another name for the orbiter. In space there is zero gravity, so the space shuttle will drift around the Earth. In the orbiter is a life support system that holds oxygen, electricity, and things they need throughout the journey, computer systems, etc. When it's time to come back to Earth the shuttle enters the Earths atmosphere at 16,000 mph and uses it heat shield to protect it from certain destruction and to slow the vehicle down enough so that it can glide safely back to its Earth base using no power from its engines.

How They Work Altogether:

All the space shuttle systems work together because without one of them, the space shuttle's mission could not begin. Firstly, if there was just a propellant tank, it wouldn't work because it doesn't have enough power to thrust off the ground and no one would be able to experience space because you can't go inside the propellant tank because it's just like going inside the petrol tank of a car. Secondly, if it were just rocket boosters, no one be able to experience it, again, because it's just like going inside the engine but the rocket boosters would be able to lift off, if computerized. Thirdly and most importantly, if it were only the orbiter, it would not lift up because of its power cannot make it thrust off the ground like rocket boosters. Lastly, they all work together to finish the mission. Rocket boosters boost it off the ground, the propellant tank holds the oxygen and the liquid fuel and the orbiter carries the payload and humans, with all the systems. That's how they all work together, making their job get done and finishing their mission!

The 'Crawler'

The Crawler is the mobile launch pad and the transporter and looks like a very large transportable multi - purpose platform. It transports the space shuttle very slowly, so that it doesn't fall off the crawler. The crawler moves along a track created for itself to get to its destination ready for launch close to the ocean, so when the space shuttle launches off, the rocket boosters and propellant tank jettison off the space shuttle into the ocean. If there were no such thing as a crawler, they would have to build the space shuttle on the ground and set it up outside.

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The Space Shuttle program began in 1981 with the launch of the first space shuttle, Columbia. Over the course of the program, five operational space shuttles were built and used for various missions until the program ended in 2011.

Yes, a jet is faster than a space shuttle in terms of atmospheric flight, traveling at speeds up to around 600-700 mph, while a space shuttle travels at speeds up to around 17,500 mph in space.