Space Shuttle

The total weight of the shuttle decreases during the first 20 seconds of flight because the shuttle is burning fuel, which is released as exhaust gases. As fuel is burned, the weight of the shuttle decreases due to the loss of mass from the system.

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A nuclear powered rocket is a special type of very high temperature gas cooled nuclear reactor. Because it will probably be used in space, it will have to carry its own tank of coolant (probably in the form of liquid hydrogen). The coolant makes one pass through the reactor core, then exits through an expansion nozzle much like that on conventional rockets to produce thrust.

Several prototypes were built and tested in the 1950s and early 1960s, but no production models were made as research stopped when the Limited Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1963, which banned atmospheric nuclear tests.

Aircraft wings produce lift by a principle discovered by Bernoulli. The air above the wing is at a lower pressure that the air below essentially socking it up. But is also true that the air beneath the wing strikes it providing a action reaction.

At 30 degrees Celsius, the speed of sound is approximately 349 meters per second. To produce a sonic boom, an airplane must exceed the speed of sound, which is known as Mach 1. So the airplane would need to be moving faster than 349 meters per second in this scenario.

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An excerpt:

"I know it is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons. The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them. I've always had great faith in and respect for our space program, and what happened today does nothing to diminish it. We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute. We'll continue our quest in space. There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journeys continue." -- President Ronald Reagan, 1986

The Challenger exploded just after take-off, just after the "throttle-up" sequence was initiated. "At T+68, theCAPCOM informed the crew that they were "GO at throttle up," and Commander Dick Scobee confirmed the call. His response, "Roger, GO at throttle up," was the last communication from Challenger on the air-to-ground loop." (Wikipedia) The explosion occurred at 73 seconds after lift-off, due to an O-ring failure. All of the 7-member crew died. The crew included: Teacher-in-Space payload specialist Sharon Christa McAuliffe; payload specialist Gregory Jarvis; and astronauts Judith A. Resnik, mission specialist; Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, mission commander; Ronald E. McNair, mission specialist; Mike J. Smith, pilot; and Ellison S. Onizuka, mission specialist.

Memory:

I was traveling between home care patients on January 28th, 1986. The radio was on in the car. The roads weren't too bad for a NE US winter day. I had just made the turn onto a 4-lane highway just before the underpass for a major interstate highway. I hadn't closely followed the coming space shuttle mission, but I knew that children everywhere were excited about the first teacher on board, Sharon Christa McAuliffe. I had seen her on a TV news conference and was impressed with her passion and joy about teaching kids from space. At 11:39am EDT, the radio reported that The Space Shuttle Challenger had exploded on take-off for its 10th flight. I audibly gasped and began to cry. I had not realized how much the pre-coverage of this flight had seeped into my sub-consciousness. I could imagine children at schools watching the flight as it happened... It reminded me of when I was in grade school and as a class we watched black and white scenes of John F. Kennedy's Dallas, Tx motorcade, his shooting, and later, his funeral procession through Washington, D.C. streets. I was still crying when I reached my next patient. The Challenger disaster stunned all Americans, as much for the lives lost, as well as wondering about the effect on future NASA flights.

The value of a Challenger Space shuttle newspaper can vary depending on its condition, rarity, and historical significance. Generally, original newspapers reporting on the Challenger disaster may be valued by collectors and enthusiasts interested in space exploration history. It's best to research recent sales of similar newspapers to get an idea of its market value.

All the shuttles:

Enterprise (Not Flown into space)

Columbia

Challenger

Discovery

Atlantis

Endeavor

This shuttle was named after the main research vessel used from 1930 - 1966 by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The vessel was set up as a laboratory for the purpose of studying water, marine life and the ocean floor.

The oldest person to travel in space is John Glenn, who flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998 at the age of 77.

General Chuck Yeager has flown to space in the F-104 in the early 1960's - 118,000 feet. However due to the deal between the US and Russia, for national security for sovereign nations, space arbitrarily defined as 50 miles from the earth and each nation owned the airspace above it up to 50 miles.

General Chuck Yeager is still considered the most famous test pilot in the world. Some very crucial safety procedures we have in place today were created by General Chuck Yeager.

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The space shuttle is able to go to the moon by using a special type of fuel and rises up the earth atmosphere until it overcomes the force of gravity.

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The first Indian space shuttle launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is called the Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD). It was launched on May 23, 2016, as a technology demonstrator for future development of reusable space vehicles.

6 in total were produced, 3 are still operational today: Enterprise - was a prototype designed to test Space Shuttle behavior in atmospheric flight. Columbia - first launched on April 12, 1981. On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintergrated during re-entry on its 28th mission. Challenger - first launched on April 4, 1983. On January 28, 1986 it broke up 73 seconds after the launch of its 10th mission. Discovery - first launched on August 30, 1984. It has flown 35 missions and is still operational today. It is due to be retired in 2010. Atlantis - first launched on October 3, 1985. It has flown 29 missions and is still operational today. It is scheduled to be retired in 2010. Endeavor - first launched on May 7, 1992. It has flown 22 missions and is still operational today. It is due to be retired in 2010.

Space shuttle Challenger was torn apart during launch in January 1986.

If a space shuttle were to collide with an asteroid, it would likely experience significant damage or destruction. The force and speed of the impact would depend on the size and composition of the asteroid. The outcome could range from damaging the outer layers of the shuttle to completely shattering it, with potentially catastrophic consequences for the crew aboard.

The astronauts that lost their lives were Francis R. Scobee (Shuttle Commander), Michael J. Smith (Shuttle Pilot), Ronald McNair (Mission Specialist), Ellison Onizuka (Mission Specialist), Judith Resnik (Mission Specialist), Gregory Jarvis (Payload Specialist), and Christa McAuliffe (Payload Specialist, Teacher)

The Columbia Shuttle disaster happened February 1, 2003. The shuttle disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana while returning from a space mission. Sadly, all those on board lost their lives.

Mae C Jemison is still alive and still doesn't die.

The first monkey in space was named Albert II June 19, 1949. The first living animal in space was a Soviet Union dog named Laika (pronounced ' like a ').

Yuri Gagarin's first mission was also his last. He was launched, made almost but not quite

one single earth orbit, landed 1 hour and 48 minutes after launch, and never flew again.

His duties during that time consisted of looking out the window, describing what he saw

and how he felt, and uttering various other phrases, exclamations, and sound bites for

the benefit of the politicians and reporters with whom he was in radio contact. He had

no control over the flight, and performed no scientific experiments.