Space Shuttle

The Apollo program was initiated in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, with Apollo 11 being the first successful manned mission to land on the Moon in 1969. The program aimed to achieve the goal set by Kennedy to perform a crewed lunar landing and return safely to Earth.

The United States Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian Mir Space Station for the first time on June 29, 1995 as part of the STS-71 mission. The docking marked the first time a Space Shuttle docked with a space station.

On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the tragic loss of all seven crew members on board. The accident was caused by damage to the shuttle's thermal protection system, which was sustained during launch when a piece of foam insulation struck the shuttle's wing.

Can it land in the ocean... well, yes, but not without probably killing all the occupants and breaking up. It's designed to land on a (very long) landing strip and not on water. There's talk that the space shuttle replacement may be designed to land on water.

The cost of a space suit can vary widely depending on the complexity and capabilities required. Generally, a space suit can cost anywhere from $12 million to over $20 million.

The concept of the space shuttle was proposed by NASA in the early 1970s. It was developed to provide a reusable spacecraft for transporting crew and cargo to and from low Earth orbit. The design and development process involved input from various engineers and scientists at NASA.

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Spaceships typically use liquid fuels like liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen for rocket propulsion. Solid rocket fuels are also sometimes used for smaller spacecraft or boosters. Additionally, electric propulsion systems utilizing ion thrusters can use xenon gas as a propellant for long-duration space missions.

Satellites use a combination of chemical propellants such as hydrazine, xenon gas for ion thrusters, or a mixture of chemicals for solid rocket boosters. The choice of fuel depends on the satellite's specific mission requirements and propulsion system.

Yes, electricity can work in space. Since space is a vacuum, there is no air resistance to impede the flow of electrical current. However, special considerations need to be taken into account to protect electrical systems from cosmic radiation and extreme temperatures.

We fly in space to explore, conduct research, and potentially develop new technologies that can benefit us on Earth. Space exploration also helps us understand the universe better and may provide insights into our own planet's history and future.

The Shuttle requires a minimum of four crew members to operate safely and there have been as many as eight. I haven't looked this up but a typical crew is probably about 6.

The primary function of a space shuttle is to take notes on what happens in space. Countries from around the world use space shuttles to study details of other planet, moons, stars, and other objects in space.

Very hard to answer directly. That spacecraft could be reusable has many origins from Tsilokowski to Goddard, the Amerika Bomber to the DynaSoar. One can argue that the lifting body shapes of the X-planes were test articles for the later NASA program.

Most important is that under current propellants, at least 70% of the mass needed to achieve escape velocity is fuel. Second to that is re-usability and a big part of that is the velocity at reentry due to heating. Ballistic trajectories are high in thermodynamic values and different shapes, while more shallow angles allow for lower heating and more aerodynamic designs. Case in point, the Apollo heat shields were one off, hand injected phenolic while what became the space shuttle orbiter shields were silicon tiles for a lower temperature. This also meant that the orbiter would never reach beyond lower Earth orbits.

Several approaches were applied such as single stage to orbit (above mass ratio problem), a reusable booster stage that was recovered by flying back or as in reality solid rocket boosters recovered at sea, and the orbiter flying back to a runway. The cargo bay dimensions were laid down as the size of a railroad box literally. That required the size to be equivalent to a DC-8. Budget cuts under Nixon, Ford and Carter drove the rest.

Canadian Space Agency astronauts trained alongside NASA astronauts to operate the space shuttle. They participated in various aspects of shuttle missions, including conducting experiments, operating the robotic Canadarm, and performing spacewalks. Canadian contributions to the shuttle program, such as the Canadarm, were key to the success of many missions.

After 9 Successful missions, it blew up due to a faulty O-ring in the booster, only after 73 seconds into its mission.

The first NASA spacecraft, Explorer 1, was launched on January 31, 1958. It was the United States' first successfully launched satellite and was instrumental in the discovery of Earth's radiation belts.

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A space shuttle typically consists of three main components: the orbiter, the solid rocket boosters, and the external fuel tank. The orbiter is where the crew stays and the payload is carried. The solid rocket boosters provide additional thrust during liftoff, while the external fuel tank supplies fuel for the main engines.

The first Russian satellite, Sputnik 1, orbited the Earth on October 4, 1957. It was the world's first artificial satellite to be launched into space.

Because there is no gravity in space, and because liquids' natural shape is a sphere; water, or any other liquid for that matter, in the zero-gravity of space will automaticly transform into a floating ball of liquid if not contained. For example, because your blood is contained in your veins and there is no air in your blood vessels, your blood will not do this.


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the oxygen in the water would expand rapidly, aka boil. then it would intermediately freeze and turn into a cloud of ice.

The space shuttle that exploded in 1986 was the Challenger.

If the space shuttle were a powered aircraft it would be able to land in the rain just fine. The problem with the rain isn't actually the rain, but the dense clouds that go with it. The space shuttle, while landing, is only a glider. It doesn't have the capability to 'go around' if there is a problem while it is approaching the landing site. NASA plays it safe and only lands the shuttle when the conditions are at their safest.