Space Shuttle

Yes, after the Columbia space shuttle disaster in 2003, body parts were found among the debris in Texas and Louisiana. The remains of the astronauts were found and recovered during the investigation following the accident.

In the rocket engine large amount of fuel are burnt. The burning fuel expands and is forces itself out the bottom of the rocket.

As it pushes down, it pushes the rocket up. If the force pushing the rocket up exceeds its weight, the rocket will take off.

Explorer 1 was the United States' first satellite, launched in 1958. Its mission was to conduct scientific experiments in Earth's orbit to study cosmic rays and gather data on the composition of the Van Allen radiation belt. Explorer 1's successful mission marked the beginning of the U.S. space program's involvement in scientific research.

Mae Jemison influenced people by becoming the first African American woman to go to space, inspiring others, especially women and people of color, to pursue careers in STEM fields. She also founded organizations that promote science education and space exploration, furthering her impact on future generations.

The space shuttle has a distinctive shape with its orbiter resembling a plane, two solid rocket boosters attached to the sides, and an external fuel tank in the center. The orbiter has delta wings and a large cargo bay in the back for carrying payloads.

The two space shuttles that exploded were the Challenger in 1986 and the Columbia in 2003. Both tragedies resulted in the loss of all crew members on board.

Sally Ride's first mission was STS-7, which was launched on June 18, 1983. She became the first American woman to fly in space as a crew member on the Space Shuttle Challenger.

The space shuttle helped solve the challenge of cost-effective and reusable space transportation. It provided a way to transport crew and cargo to and from space, allowing for more frequent and affordable access to space compared to earlier single-use rocket designs.

The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest space station currently in operation. It orbits Earth and serves as a research laboratory for astronauts from multiple countries to conduct experiments in microgravity.

The mission of the space shuttle Challenger was to deploy a satellite called the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This satellite was designed to improve communication between ground stations and other orbiting spacecraft.

Yes, the Delta IV rocket has been used for several significant missions such as launching U.S. military satellites, NASA spacecraft, and commercial satellites. It has also been designated for launching critical national security payloads for the United States.

The Buran Program was a Soviet Space program that made space shuttles. While Buran was the name of only the first Soviet shuttle, the whole program is recognized as Buran. The Burans rode on an Energia rocket that carried them to orbit. Only one shuttle ever flew in space, completing two orbits before returning to an Soviet airfield robotically. The Buran program was started in 1974; it was canceled in 1993 due to funding.

A total of five Burans were planned. The first was completed, the second was 95%-97% completed, the third was 30%-50% completed, the fourth was 10%-20% completed, and the fifth was barely started before being canceled.

The Burans were very similar in appearance and dimensions to the United States Space Shuttles, but the similarities end there. The Buran was 100% reusable while the US Space Shuttles need a new external tank and there boosters must be refurbished after each flight. The Buran did not need its main engines attached to the orbiter, they were attached to the Energia rocket. Buran could carry about 192 tons to Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO), while the US Space Shuttles carry about 27 tons to LEO. The Burans did not need crews, they could robotically launch, orbit, and land. The Burans were essentially an improved version of the US Shuttles.

The only Buran to go into orbit was destroyed in a hanger collapse in 2002.

It is known as a Gantry. A gantry is a service tower, a multistory frame which encloses a rocket at its launch pad, containing elevators and staircases that enable technicians to inspect, maintain, and adjust all parts of the vehicle, and for cabling and hoses to be attached to it and removed. If the rocket is a manned spacecraft, sometimes the crew also enters by way of the gantry. The gantry often rolls away or tilts away at or just before launch. Gantries in the West are painted red and white for aircraft safety; Soviet or Russian gantries are painted military colors.

The larger the object, the more 'space' is displaced, and thus, the greater the gravity. The Moon displaces less 'space' than the Earth, so the Moon has less gravity. The space station displaces very little space AND its' shape does not lend itself to taking advantage of the spacial displacement, so it doesn't result in very much gravity.

Stand in a swimming pool and hold a beach ball under the water: the pressure of the water on the ball is a simulation of gravity. Hold a tennis ball under the water: far less pressure, yes? Now, hold something with the exact same collective mass as the beach ball (lets say one of those 'noodle' things the kids play with) and you'll have far less pressure on it than on the beach ball. Why? It has the same mass as the beach ball, so why isn't there the same amount of pressure (gravity) on it? Because the 'shape' of it does not lend itself to take advantage of the gravitational pressure.

Gravity can, however, be simulated with inertia. If the ship spins... centripical force and all that.

Astronauts use specialized urine collection systems on the International Space Station. Their urine is collected and processed to reclaim water for drinking and other uses. Solid waste is collected and returned to Earth for disposal.

The space shuttle used to be launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. However, the space shuttle program has been retired, and spacecraft are now launched from various locations, such as the SpaceX launch site at Kennedy Space Center, as well as other private and government launch facilities around the world.

The Space Shuttle could accommodate a maximum crew of seven astronauts. This included two pilots and up to five mission specialists.

It depends upon the weight of the total vehicle and the payload combined (including the fuel, which needs to be carried upward too). For more information, see the link below the ads.

The Saturn V can carry 385.6 tonnes of propellant according to pg 244 in "The Rocket: The History and Development of Rocket & Missile Technology"

Joeseph Kittinger was the first man in space, he did so in 1960 as part of an Air Force experiment.

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He is Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin from the former Soviet Union (now Russia). The 27-year-old Soviet Air Force major made his flight Apr 12, 1961, lasting 108 minutes and orbiting Earth in a rocket-propelled, five-ton space capsule.

No, the moon has never been hit by a space shuttle. Space shuttles were used for missions in low Earth orbit and never traveled far enough to reach the moon.

No. Magnetic compasses work based on the Earth's mantic field, in space there is no magnetic field for the compasses to work with. A different system, possibly similar to Global Positioning System (GPS) might work, call it the Universal Positioning System. On certain rocky planets it could work, but some planets don't have a magnetic field, like Mars. So a traditional magnetic compass wouldn't work in space, or at least it won't get you where you want to go.

Nope.

Yuma doesn't have suitable facilities that could have supported the Space Shuttle, and there was no point to building any when they already had backup sites at Vandenberg to the west in California, and White Sands to the east in New Mexico.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_shuttle_landing_sites

Dr. Mae Jemison is currently involved in various initiatives promoting STEM education and diversity in the sciences. She leads the 100 Year Starship program, which aims to ensure human interstellar travel within the next century. Additionally, she continues to inspire and advocate for increased opportunities for underrepresented groups in STEM fields.

Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet astronaut, was the first person to travel to space. On April 12, 1961, he orbited the Earth aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1.