A tragic disaster occurred on the twenty fifth flight when the shuttle Challenger exploded. The first shuttle flights began in April of 1981 and continued success was achieved during the first twenty four flights. The shuttle supports the mannered operations of that plan. The plan called for a balance between manned and unmanned operations. Designs for the shuttle were conceived in the early 1970s as part of the United States' plan for the development of space transportation. The American Space Shuttle is the major component of the United States Space Transportation System (STS).
Atlantis is on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, in Florida.The Space Shuttle is a true aerospace vehicle: it is launched in a rocket, orbits the Earth like a spacecraft and lands like a conventional airplane.Endeavour is at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California.Enterprise is now at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, in New York City.The remaining shuttles are now on display at the following museums: NASA is developing the Orion capsule for beyond Earth orbit missions. Both SpaceX with the Crew Dragon and Boeing with their Starliner capsule, are planning to provide crewed missions to the ISS. They were more expensive to use than other launch vehicles.Ĭurrently, the United States has no manned spacecraft capabilities. In 2010, NASA shut down the Space Shuttle program. It again caused a long delay until the next shuttle flight. The accident was caused by damage to the heat-shield which protects it from the heat of reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up while returning STS-107 to Earth over Texas. Shuttle missions returned 5 times to repair and improve cameras and scientific instruments on the telescope. This was its main job of the shuttle since then.Īlso in the 1990s, the Space Shuttle launched the Hubble telescope into space. In the 1990s the Shuttle began working on the International Space Station (ISS).
It caused a year long stall in space flight. On Januthe Space Shuttle Challenger destroyed 73 seconds into the flight of STS-51-L. The first shuttle flight in space was on April 12, 1981. This flight used Space Shuttle Enterprise. The first flight was a test of the landing and maneuvering abilities of the shuttle. The Buran was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002. It flew one unmanned flight before being retired. There was a Russian Shuttle called Buran. Canadarm: Robotic arm used for any missions.Ī '†' next to a name means that the Shuttle was destroyed.Multi-Purpose Logistics Module: Cargo container used for supplying the cargos to International Space Station.Extended Duration Orbiter: Cryogenic kit used for extending the duration of the missions.Payload Assist Module: Similar to IUS, but used solid propellants.Inertial Upper Stage: Upper stage used for sending payloads into higher orbits.Spacehab: Similar to Spacelab, but it has multiple kinds.Spacelab: A laboratory used for experiments in space.Orbiter had a payload bay for various missions rather than deploying satellites. The ET was also released but broke up and fell into the Indian Ocean and was not reused. Before the shuttle reached orbit, the SRBs were released and fell into the Atlantic Ocean where they were towed back to shore for reuse. The shuttle was launched out of Earth's gravity and into space by 3 rocket engines on the back of the orbiter along with help from 2 long white Solid Rocket Boosters (also called SRBs) Fuel for the shuttle was stored in the large, usually orange, External Fuel Tank (also called ET). People have said that the Shuttle was very much like a pickup truck because of its usefulness. Many spacecraft which came before the Space Shuttle, like the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo used parachutes when landing, and landed on the ocean. This allowed the reusable part of the Shuttle to be very large. This allowed the Space Shuttle to glide and land on a runway. The orbiter was shaped like a large airplane with wings and a tail.
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