Space Shuttle

Both rockets and space shuttles have been used for space travel. Rockets are typically used to launch spacecraft into orbit, while space shuttles are reusable spacecraft that can carry astronauts and cargo to and from space. Many astronauts have traveled in both rockets and space shuttles over the years.

There have been 5 space shuttles sent to space: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. The latter three of these remain in service. Challenger was destroyed during a failed launch in 1986, and Columbia broke apart upon reentry in 2003.

Another vehicle was built: Enterprise, which was used for atmospheric flight landing tests. While Enterprise was originally intended to be refitted for orbital flight, it was later determined to be too costly. Some people also consider the Pathfinder test article to be a real shuttle; it was a mock-up used to test shuttle transporter vehicles/cranes, and was never even considered for actual space flight.

The orbiter's velocity on orbit is approximately 25,405 feet per second (17,322 statute miles per hour). In order to return to earth, the shuttle fires its Orbital Manuevering Engines (OMS) in the direction opposite to its orbit . It only slows down by about 200 m.p.h. in order to begin "falling" back to earth.

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The space program before the Apollo missions was called the Gemini program. There were a total of 10 manned Gemini missions between 1964 and 1966, which focused on testing rendezvous and docking maneuvers essential for the eventual Apollo lunar missions.

to start once in orbit the stillites weights nothing because of zero-g(gravity) and the more something weights on earth more fuel is needed so almost all satillites are made from light weight matiriels and so its the same for the arm the more it wieghts the more fuel is needed and because it isn't used on earth only in zero-g so it also is made from light weight materials lick carbon fibre and aluminum

No, the space shuttle launch site was located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which is on the east coast of the United States. The shuttle typically launched eastward over the Atlantic Ocean to take advantage of the Earth's rotation for added velocity.

In 1965, NASA launched the Gemini program, focused on developing space travel techniques required for Apollo moon missions. Gemini 4 marked the first American spacewalk by astronaut Ed White. The Soviet Union launched Voskhod 2, carrying the first human to conduct a spacewalk, Alexei Leonov. It was also the year of the first commercial communications satellite, Early Bird, launched by NASA.

After the Space Shuttle is retired in late 2010, the International Space Station will still continue to operate as usual. By the time the Space Shuttle is retired, all of the major components of the Space Station will be on orbit, so it will finally be complete. Crews to the space station will need to be delivered solely by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, although if Project Constellation continues as planned, the Orion spacecraft will be used to deliver American crews. Other vehicles might also be developed to deliver crews, because it's expensive for NASA to buy seats for American astronauts onboard Russian spacecraft. Supplies will be delivered to the Space Station through Russian Progress supply crafts, Japanese H-II Transfer vehicles, and European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) spacecraft.

Space shuttles are reusable spacecraft designed to transport astronauts and cargo to and from space, as well as perform various tasks like deploying satellites or conducting scientific experiments. Space stations, on the other hand, are large habitats in space where astronauts live and work for extended periods, conducting research and experiments in a microgravity environment. Space shuttles are typically smaller and have a specific mission duration, while space stations are larger and serve as long-term platforms for scientific research and international cooperation.

Fruit flies have been sent into space for scientific research on multiple occasions. One notable mission was in 1947 when fruit flies were launched aboard a V-2 rocket by the U.S. military to study the effects of radiation exposure at high altitudes.

At 347 miles above the Earth to the orbit of the Hubble Telescope. The shuttle is an orbit only craft and cannot go into deeper space or visit the Moon or planets. It is now being retired and NASA are returning to an Apollo style rocket since 14 astronauts have been killed in Shuttle explosions and it is just too dangerous.

The space shuttle that launched on July 22, 1999 was the Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-93. This mission was notable for deploying the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which is a space telescope designed to observe X-ray emissions from high-energy regions of the universe.

A space shuttle carries its own supply of oxygen to sustain the astronauts' breathing when they are in space where there is no atmosphere. It ensures they have a continuous source of oxygen for respiration during the mission.

Yuri Gagarin became the first person into outer space on the 12th of April, 1961.

It won't - at some time the balloon would burst or become the same density as the atmosphere, so stop rising.

The above answer is correct. At about 110,000 feet or ~ 21+ miles (when the shuttle was well into the stratosphere) the balloon will burst.

However to get the space shuttle into the stratosphere it would take 2,029,203,000 liters of helium and would cost approximately $ 146,102,616.

Assumptions:

Space shuttle weighs: 2,029,203 KG

1 Liter of helium can lift ~ 1 gram.

Helium costs approximately 7.2 cents per gram.

According to the NASA website it costs $450,000,000 to launch a shuttle. Maybe they should look into using helium to get them the first 20 miles.

Before the space shuttle, spacecraft such as the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs were used to travel in space. These spacecraft were designed for specific missions like orbital flights, spacewalks, and moon landings.

Space Shuttle Atlantis was one of NASA's space shuttles used for space missions, including servicing the Hubble Space Telescope and building the International Space Station. It flew its maiden voyage in 1985 and completed its final mission in 2011. Atlantis is now on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

It did. Space shuttles are covered with various layers of ceramic heat resistant plating. Columbia however had a few of its tiles damaged by a falling piece of insulation during the launch. Normally a few tiles are not so much a problem. Because they were in such a critical zone on the wing (known as the "leading edge") , which endures the hottest of temperatures on re-entry, it caused uneven heat distribution leading to the breaking up of the craft in february 2003.

Liquid Oxygen and liquid hydrogen in the fuel tank. The orbiter uses Monomethylhydrazine (MMH) and Nitrogen tetroxide or peroxide(N2o4).
For takeoff the shuttle uses a hydrogen/ oxygen mixture. In orbit it uses a solid mixture of powdered aluminum and ammonium perchlorate


All current spacecraft use chemical rockets (bipropellant or solid-fuel) for launch
Liquid O2

Sunita Williams has flown on space shuttles Discovery and Atlantis as part of her missions with NASA.

The first shuttle launch was April 12, 1981. It was called STS-1

The speed at which forward velocity carries an object into orbit (falling past the Earth's edge) is called "escape velocity". With no atmopheric friction or a counteracting acceleration, the object can coast in a stable orbit. The speed required, as measured at the Earth's surface, is 11.2 kilometers per second (7 miles/sec) or about 25,000 mph. That is the speed needed to leave Earth's atmosphere and go into space.

During reentry, the space shuttle experiences intense heat and pressure as it breaks through Earth's atmosphere. The crew inside may feel vibrations and turbulence as the shuttle slows down rapidly due to atmospheric drag. It's like hitting a speed bump at high speed.

A space shuttle typically requires around 1.6 million pounds of fuel, consisting of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, to take off. The exact amount can vary depending on the specific mission and payload of the shuttle.