saved book title SpaceShuttle subtitle cover image STS120LaunchHiRes.jpg cover color Red SpaceShuttle Overview SpaceShuttleSpaceShuttle program List of spaceshuttle missions Components SpaceShuttle orbiter SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket Booster SpaceShuttle external tank SpaceShuttle Main Engine SpaceShuttle Orbital Maneuvering System Reaction control system SpaceShuttle thermal protection system Booster separation motor Orbiters SpaceShuttle Enterprise SpaceShuttle Columbia SpaceShuttle Challenger SpaceShuttle Discovery SpaceShuttle Atlantis SpaceShuttle Endeavour Orbiter add ons Spacelab Astrotech Corporation Canadarm Extended Duration Orbiter Remote Controlled Orbiter Multi Purpose Logistics Module Launch and landing sites Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 List of spaceshuttle landing runways Emergency landing sites Operations Cancelled SpaceShuttle missions List of SpaceShuttle crews Timeline of SpaceShuttle missions List of spaceshuttle rollbacks SpaceShuttle abort modes Rendezvous pitch maneuver Testing Pathfinder simulator MPTA 098 MPTA ET Approach and Landing Tests Disasters SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster Rogers Commission Report SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster Columbia Accident Investigation Board Logistical support Crawler transporter Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Orbiter Processing Facility NASA recovery ship Shuttle Training Aircraft Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory Special programs STS 61 A Getaway Special Teacher in Space Project Shuttle Mir Program Selected derivatives Shuttle Derived Launch Vehicle Shuttle C Constellation program Shuttle Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle Space Launch System Related topics SpaceShuttle design process Inertial Upper Stage Payload Assist Module International Space Station SpaceShuttle retirement SpaceShuttle Explorer ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2009 Infobox SpaceShuttle name SpaceShuttle America image SpaceShuttle America.jpg caption SpaceShuttle America ride viewed from Sky Trek Tower coord 42 22 10.08 N 87 56 12.13 W display title SpaceShuttle America also known as SpaceShuttle America The Next Century was a motion ... in 1994. The ride s main feature was a full scale replica of an American SpaceShuttle orbiter. It closed ... storyline of the ride was that riders have boarded a new SpaceShuttle called America , which is capable ... itself is a fiberglass mock up of a SpaceShuttle orbiter that has authentic tiles used in actual spaceshuttle orbiters. The shuttle was built to the exact scale of the real STS craft, but is neither an official NASA shuttle nor capable of spaceflight. Other movies The building that shows Space ... High operating costs and dwindling popularity doomed SpaceShuttle America and its final operating .... External links Category Simulator rides Category SpaceShuttle tourist attractions ... TV screens display fake NASA TV recordings about the shuttle and security cam views of the fictional ... a meteor that is coming near Earth . In the movie, the shuttle takes off horizontally and the Pas Com Passenger Compartment rises out of the cargo bay so you can do some orbital sightseeing. The shuttle passes SpaceShuttle Destiny , which is doing some cleanup work around the atmosphere. Next the shuttle passes an HBO satellite and the fictional Space Station Freedom 3. The shuttle then makes its way away from Earth and enters LRVM warp and exits a short distance from the moon. The shuttle ... an alert is sent to the shuttle crew ordering them to investigate a meteor danger in the area. The shuttle ... with its particle beam laser . The shuttle then spots the meteor and is alerted it is heading on a direct course to Earth. Unable to destroy it from a distance, the shuttle flies through a canyon and a cave and destroys it from the inside. The shuttle, now crippled, heads immediately back towards ... more details
Summary A diagram of the usage of different tiles on the SpaceShuttle. This image can be found without text at Image SpaceShuttle Tiles NO TEXT.JPG Summary here Licensing PD USGov NASA Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Svenbot Orphan image ... more details
Multiple issues refimprove August 2009 inappropriate tone December 2007 A military spaceshuttle would be the military equivalent of NASA s spaceshuttle . Many experts Who date May 2011 believed Citation ... equivalent to the shuttle being used on actual missions, show that this military shuttle is now a reality. In the design phase of what eventually became the SpaceShuttle, there were plans for the U.S. ... satellites as a more viable alternative. Regular space shuttles have on occasion carried out missions for the military. It is noteworthy that NASA and the DoD agreed on delivering SpaceShuttle Discovery ... civilian Shuttle missions afterwards. ref Jenkins, D SpaceShuttle The History of the National Space Transportation System , page 331. 2001 ref The Soviet Buran spacecraft Buran spaceshuttle was designed ... the perceived military advantage that the NASA spaceshuttle gave the USA. On the first launch ... been several ostensibly aborted military programs to develop a form of spaceshuttle. Given that current ... equivalent to the SpaceShuttle. There have been several programs speculated to exist inside the military world Blackstar spaceplane Military space shuttles have, however, been featured in popular ... of proposed surveillance space stations . The design requirements that thus emerged in particular, the need for a longer range glide capability, enabling the shuttle to land at specific U.S. Air Force ... would have been dedicated for military and civilian flights from Vandenberg s Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6 SLC 6 launch complex. The schedule slipped until the SpaceShuttle Challenger Disaster Challenger disaster in January 1986. In the wake of Challenger , on December 26, 1989 the SpaceShuttle Program at Vandenberg was terminated by the USAF. ref Jenkins, D SpaceShuttle The History of the National Space Transportation System , page 474. 2001 ref Military Shuttle flights were conducted from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the last dedicated mission being STS 53 in late 1992, deploying ... more details
unreferenced date July 2008 Infobox SpaceShuttle name Explorer image SpaceShuttle Explorer.jpg caption Mock SpaceShuttle Explorer at Kennedy Space Center , Florida . SpaceShuttle Explorer is a full scale, high fidelity replica of the SpaceShuttle . It was built in Apopka, Florida by Guard Lee and installed at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in 1993. It was built using schematics, blueprints and archival documents provided by NASA and by shuttle contractors such as Rockwell International ... the Michelin tires used on the landing gear, are authentic to the SpaceShuttle Program. The model ... SpaceShuttle thermal protection system thermal protection system tiles bearing numbers, as the genuine ... blankets. Move to Houston SpaceShuttle Explorer was removed from KSC Visitor s Center December ... operations of the Visitor Center, along with NASA, were feared images of a spaceshuttle with no wings would become iconic of the Shuttle Program s ending and ignite the public, undermining NASA ... Shuttle Explorer Pathfinder simulator Pathfinder SpaceShuttle simulator References reflist coord 28 31 32 N 80 40 49 W display title SpaceShuttle Category SpaceShuttle tourist attractions Explorer it SpaceShuttle Explorer he nl Explorer ruimteveer ja sv Explorer ... could view a mock up Payload air and space craft payload , a mannequin wearing an early model of the orange launch entry pressure suit worn by shuttle astronauts, and a mock up cockpit with controls and instruments. There was a replica SpaceShuttle external tank external tank mated to two SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket Booster solid rocket boosters adjacent to Explorer as well. Explorer was mounted ... edges of the wings, and actual Michelin tires on the landing gear which were flown in space ... adjacent to the Launch Complex 39 press site to be loaded onto a barge bound for Johnson Space Center s Space Center Houston tourism facility in Spring 2012. Once there, the inaccurate interior ... more details
This is a list of SpaceShuttlespaceshuttle rollbacks . Rollback is the term NASA uses when the spaceshuttle is rolled back from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 launch pad atop the Mobile ... 40 Description 1 1983 10 19 SpaceShuttle Columbia Columbia STS 9 Inspection failure Suspect exhaust ... Facility OPF . 2 1984 07 11 SpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery STS 41 D Abort Spaceshuttle main engine SSME 3 replaced after a launch abort. 3 1985 03 05 SpaceShuttle Challenger Challenger Cancelled SpaceShuttle missions STS 51 E STS 51 E STS 51 B Payload Challenger was rolled back from Pad ... SpaceShuttle Columbia Columbia STS 35 Inspection failure A hydrogen leak was detected in SpaceShuttle external tank External tank ET umbilical. 5 1990 08 09 SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis STS 38 Fuel ... of the external tank orbiter quick disconnect umbilical. 6 1990 10 09 SpaceShuttle Columbia Columbia STS 35 Weather Weather threat from Tropical Storm Klaus . 7 1991 03 07 SpaceShuttle Discovery ... 24 SpaceShuttle Endeavour Endeavour STS 68 Abort Pad abort due to a high discharge temperature in a pump on main engine number three. All three engines were replaced in the VAB. 9 1995 06 08 SpaceShuttle ... up on the tank to be accessed at the pad for repairs. 10 1995 08 01 SpaceShuttle Endeavour Endeavour ... Erin 1995 Hurricane Erin . 11 1996 07 10 SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis STS 79 Weather Atlantis ... . 12 1996 09 04 SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis STS 79 Weather Atlantis was moved back to the VAB due to threat of severe weather from Hurricane Fran . 13 1999 05 16 SpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery ... tank foam insulation. 14 2001 01 02 SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis STS 98 Crawler failure Atlantis ... SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis STS 98 Inspection failure Atlantis was returned to the VAB due to uncertainty involving the integrity of the SRB cables. 16 2005 05 26 SpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery ... fuel tank in preparation for the first STS 114 Return to Flight mission following the SpaceShuttle ... more details
Orphan date October 2009 SpaceShuttle was a space themed pinball machine made in 1984 by WMS Industries . The table sold 7,000 units with the slogan The fastest way to make your earnings really take off . The concept of the game was done by Joe Kaminkow. The designers were Barry Oursler and Joe Kaminkow. The art was done by Mark Sprenger, the sound by Eugene Jarvis, and the software was done by Larry DeMar. It has been considered by many in the hobby, and industry, to be the pinball game that renewed interest in pinball after the video craze swept the world in the early 1980s. Citation needed date February 2010 Gameplay In SpaceShuttle the main goal is to acquire the shuttle score value from spelling out S H U T T L E by hitting five Glossary of pinball terms S stand up targets and one Glossary of pinball terms D drop target . The reward for the shuttle score value is assigned randomly with each new ball. It will be one of the following 50,000 points plus a bonus holdover, an extra ball, a special, 100,000 points, 50,000 points, 20,000 points, or 100,000 points plus lite outlanes, which will give you another shuttle score value if the ball goes down one of the outlanes The SHUTTLE reward can also be changed by hitting a stand up target, at the top of a short ramp. In SpaceShuttle there are three lights that spell out USA that are lit when a ball rolls over them. They are worth 2,000 points each. Spelling USA increased the end of ball bonus multiplier a multiplication factor for points earned and awarded when the ball in play drains . There are three Glossary of pinball terms ... ball locks and then shooting a ball up the center ramp where the plastic model of a spaceshuttle is. Hitting the main spaceshuttle ramp awards a random point award. Video games SpaceShuttle was a playable ...?any Space Shuttle&sortby Search Database&searchtype quick 2260 IPDB Listing for SpaceShuttle DEFAULTSORT SpaceShuttle Pinball Machine Category Pinball machines ... more details
About the Nintendo Entertainment System video game the SpaceShuttle program SpaceShuttle program Infobox VG title image File SpaceShuttle Project Cover.jpg 250px Cover art caption Official cover art of SpaceShuttle Project developer Imagineering company Imagineering publisher Absolute Entertainment ref name gamefaqs designer released vgrelease NA November 1991 ref name gamefaqs cite web url http www.gamefaqs.com console nes data 587636.html title Release information publisher GameFAQs date accessdate 2009 05 11 ref genre Action game Action ref name gamefaqs modes Single player video game Single player ratings N A platforms Nintendo Entertainment System ref name gamefaqs media 6 megabit ROM cartridge cartridge SpaceShuttle Project is a Nintendo game released in 1991 by Absolute Entertainment. Summary The object of the game is to successfully launch and fly a spaceshuttle . The first part of the game is often very difficult, requiring the player to activate oxygen and hydrogen pumps as well as get all of his crew members into the shuttle within a strict time limit by moving an elevator up and down and avoiding bumpers. Then, the player must successfully launch the shuttle into space, maneuver it through space, and complete a mission the final step is to land the shuttle successfully. The game has a name and password system. References Reflist Category 1991 video games Category Absolute Entertainment games Category Nintendo Entertainment System games Category Nintendo Entertainment System only games Category North America exclusive video games vehicle simulation game stub ... more details
Dablink This article is about the United States SpaceShuttle program. For the shuttle itself, see SpaceShuttle . For information on the Soviet spaceshuttle program, see the article Buran program . Use mdy dates date July 2011 Infobox above SpaceShuttle program image File Shuttle delivers ISS P1 truss.jpg ... like an airplane header7 File SpaceShuttle Program Commemorative Patch.png 120px label7 data7 header8 label8 data8 header9 label9 data9 header10 label10 data10 NASA s SpaceShuttle program , officially ... manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011. The winged SpaceShuttle orbiter was launched vertically ... its mission was complete, the SpaceShuttleshuttle could independently move itself out of orbit using its SpaceShuttle Orbital Maneuvering System Maneuvering System it oriented itself appropriately ... flights into orbit. Its List of spaceshuttle missions missions involved carrying large payloads ... The New York Times ref The program commenced on April 12, 1981, with SpaceShuttle Columbia Columbia and STS 1 , the first shuttle orbital flight. The spaceshuttle program finished with its last mission, STS 135 flown by SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis , in July 2011, retiring the final shuttle in the fleet. The SpaceShuttle program formally ended on August 31, 2011. ref http www.spaceflightnow.com news n1108 29shannon ref Conception and development Main SpaceShuttle design process Before the Apollo 11 Apollo XI moon landing in 1969, NASA began early studies of spaceshuttle designs. In 1969 ... the shuttle studies to date, and recommended a national space strategy including building a spaceshuttle. ref name decision Hepplewhite, T.A. http history.nasa.gov SP 4221 sp4221.htm The SpaceShuttle Decision NASA s Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle . Washington, DC National Aeronautics ... Office. Cost Benefit Analysis Used in Support of the SpaceShuttle Program. Washington, DC General ... design was chosen, using a reusable winged orbiter, reusable SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket Booster ... more details
See also SpaceShuttle program Conception and development SpaceShuttle program Conception and development ... the Apollo moon landing in 1969, in October 1968, NASA began early studies of spaceshuttle designs ... and specific. The primary intended use of the spaceshuttle was supporting the future space station ... with the development of a SpaceShuttle . Funding restrictions precluded pursuing the development of both programs simultaneously, however. NASA chose to develop the SpaceShuttle program first, and then planned to use the shuttle in order to construct and service a space station. Shuttle design debate File SpaceShuttle concepts.jpg thumb right 200px Early U.S. spaceshuttle concepts. Chrysler Space Division s SERV is in the top upper left During the early shuttle studies, there was a debate ... payloads rather than many smaller shuttle payloads. A related concept was servicing the space station ... that launch rate. In particular the maximum SpaceShuttle external tank external tank production ..., and scientific research to use only the spaceshuttle. Most other expendable boosters would ... reusable design was selected, where an SpaceShuttle external tank external propellent tank was discarded ... in an SpaceShuttle external tank external tank allowed a larger payload bay in an otherwise ... design File National Transonic Facility SpaceShuttle Model GPN 2000 001914.jpg thumb right 300px ... SpaceShuttle System Program Definition Phase B Extension Final Report . Washington, DC National ... was a SpaceShuttle program winged orbiter with SpaceShuttle Main Engine three liquid fueled engines , a large SpaceShuttle external tank expendable external tank which held Liquid rocket liquid propellant for these engines, and two reusable Spaceshuttle solid rocket boosters . Retrospection after three decades See also Criticism of the SpaceShuttle program SpaceShuttle retirement Opinions differ ... area of SpaceShuttle applications is an expanded crew. ref name orbiter http spaceflight.nasa.gov shuttle ... more details
Infobox VG title SpaceShuttle Mission 2007 The 2008 Edition image Image SSM2007 breaking the sound barrier.jpg ... optional, but recommended Image SSM2007 KSC PAD.jpg thumb 210px left SpaceShuttle at KSC SpaceShuttle Mission 2007 , also SSM2007 is a highly realistic SpaceShuttle stand alone mission ... was released on January 1, 2008 after having been under development for more than six years. SpaceShuttle ... the old and venerable Shuttle the Space Flight Simulator Virgin game Virgin Shuttle Simulator alive again and match the new PC technology by re designing a new SpaceShuttle simulator from the ground up and adding better graphics and more features. The team planned to develop SpaceShuttle Mission ... 256px left Extra Vehicular Activity, STS 51A The main purpose of SpaceShuttle Mission 2007 is to allow the gamer to experience real historical NASA SpaceShuttle missions from liftoff T 00 01 50 00 to landing. Initially, SpaceShuttle Mission 2007 was released with a set of 11 missions but as time ... section. The SpaceShuttle Mission 2007 simulates numerous SpaceShuttle systems, including ... Virtual Cockpit during landing at KSC Image SSM2007 STS 98.jpg thumbnail 256px left SpaceShuttle docking ... the Mission Control Center and the SpaceShuttle guiding the user through the mission. Extra ... J and float inside the lab in Zero G just like real Astronauts. Gameplay This SpaceShuttle simulation ... flown by the SpaceShuttle program. Original Missions SpaceShuttle Mission 2007 was released with a set ... the SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster . Launch of Tracking and Data ... Telescope astronomical observatory. STS 88 First SpaceShuttle mission to the International Space ... with the International Space Station. STS 103 Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission by SpaceShuttleSpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery . STS 121 Carried the Multi Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo ... B2 PALAPA B2 and Westar WESTAR VI . STS 27 The first SpaceShuttle Mission 2007 Spy satellite Spy Satellite ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE SpaceShuttle Challenger Use mdy dates date May 2011 Infobox SpaceShuttle name Challenger br OV 099 image SpaceShuttle Challenger lands for the first time, completing STS 6. .jpg caption ... ref orbits 995 distance 25,803,939 miles deployed 10 dockings mir dockings iss status SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster Destroyed January 28, 1986 SpaceShuttle Challenger NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation OV 099 was NASA s second SpaceShuttle orbiter to be put into service, SpaceShuttle Columbia Columbia having been the first. The shuttle was built by Rockwell International s Space Transportation ... 28, 1986, SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster resulting in the death of all seven crew members . The accident ... shuttle resources orbiters Challenger.html Orbiter Vehicles , Kennedy Space Center , NASA , 2000 10 ... 7, 2007. ref Construction Because of the low production of orbiters, the SpaceShuttle program .... 23. ref NASA planned to refit the prototype orbiter SpaceShuttle Enterprise Enterprise OV 101 , used ... of the first orbiter, SpaceShuttle Columbia Columbia OV 102 , would have required extensive ... it had fewer tiles in its Spaceshuttle thermal protection system Thermal Protection System than ... for use in the SpaceShuttle Re entry and landing descent phase of a mission. Flights and modifications ... s SpaceShuttle fleet, flying far more missions per year than Columbia. In 1983 and 1984, Challenger flew on 85 of all SpaceShuttle list of spaceshuttle missions missions . Even when the orbiters SpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery and SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis joined the fleet, Challenger remained ... and night landing of a SpaceShuttle. Challenger was also the first spaceshuttle to be destroyed in an accident ... center height 208 is magic quick JPEG resize of this image Col2 center Image SpaceShuttle Challenger ... Edwards Air Force Base Guion Bluford becomes first African American in space br First shuttle night .... Image Challenger explosion.jpg thumb SpaceShuttleSpaceShuttle Challenger Challenger s smoke plume ... more details
Infobox roller coaster name SpaceShuttle Max caption The cobra roll , Loop element. location Enchanted Kingdom section Spaceport type Steel type2 Shuttle type3 Boomerang status Operating opened July 28, 1995 manufacturer Vekoma model Boomerang lift Chain lift hill height ft 116.6 length ft 935 speed mph 47 inversions 3 duration 1 48 capacity 760 gforce 5.2 rcdb number 1228 coordinates coord 14.2819473 121.0953936 type landmark display title,inline SpaceShuttle Max is an inverted boomerang roller coaster at Enchanted Kingdom located at Santa Rosa City , Laguna province Laguna , Philippines SpaceShuttle Max was formerly known as SpaceShuttle , is inspired by sci fi films and the NASA space program of the 60 s. These features 11 story high SpaceShuttle will let you experience an upside down turn six times. Now the ride renamed as SpaceShuttle Max after the incident happened on 2007 when the ride is technically stopped at the cobra loop. The ride is consist of some student came from Batangas for a Educational Tour. After that incident SpaceShuttle is temporarily suspended for technical renovation. After the technical renovation the ride re opened to the public and renamed as SpaceShuttle Max with the participation of the Pepsi Cola Philippines. This is the first coaster ride of its kind in the country. SpaceShuttle Max is an inverted version of the Boomerang roller coaster Vekoma Boomerang coaster consists of a single train with seven cars, capable of carrying 28 passengers. The ride begins when the train is pulled backwards from the station and up a lift hill, before being released. After being released, the train passes through the station, enters a Cobra roll element referred to as a boomerang by the designers , then travels through a vertical loop. Ride elements Lift hill Cobra roll Loop roller coaster Loop Ride layout The ride begins when the train is pulled ... Saksi SpaceShuttle reopens at Enchanted Kingdom www.gmanews.tv video, Saksi SpaceShuttle reopens ... more details
incoherent date August 2011 The Indian SpaceShuttle Program is aimed to design an indigenous Reusable Space Vehicle . ref name RIANOVOSTI http en.rian.ru world 20070813 71203530.html India plans to launch first spaceshuttle in 2010 , RIA Novosti ref In the end of 1980s and beginning of 1990s India had plans to develop the small SpaceShuttle named Hyperplane that would to be orbited by non reusable launchers. Then plans differed to project Avatar RLV as a single stage system. The Indian Space Research Organisation indicates that this vehicle is planned for development after 2010. ref name RIANOVOSTI ref name TOI http timesofindia.indiatimes.com articleshow 779971.cms Isro set to test reusable space vehicle , Times of India ref In parallel, India has more realistic and currently working the Indian human spaceflight program program of manned spaceflights from 2014 to 2015 with non reusable conventional spacecraft ISRO Orbital Vehicle Orbital Vehicle launched by non reusable launcher GSLV . In 2011 ISRO gave more details on its shuttle program. ref http www.ndtv.com article india soon india to have its own spaceshuttle 123239 ref References reflist External links http broadband.indiatimes.com showvideo 3428528.cms Times of India, Video News article on India s first Spaceshuttle Indian space program Category Indian space program Category Proposed spacecraft Category Proposed space launch vehicles ... more details
Infobox Spacecraft Name SpaceShuttle orbiter Image Image STS 121 DiscoveryEnhanced.jpg 300px Caption The SpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery orbiter approaches the International Space Station ISS on STS ... Insertion Date Orbits Decay Launch Launch Vehicle SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket Booster Carrier Rocket ... shuttle main index.html SpaceShuttle Home Mass Power Batteries Orbit regime Longitude Semimajor Axis ... Transponders Coverage Resolution Swath Spectral Band Data rate SSR IMG Resolution The SpaceShuttle orbiter was the orbital spacecraft of the SpaceShuttleSpaceShuttle program program operated ... crew and any on board payload to the Earth. A total of six Orbiters were built for flight SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis , SpaceShuttle Challenger Challenger , SpaceShuttle Columbia Columbia , SpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery , SpaceShuttle Endeavour Endeavour and SpaceShuttle Enterprise Enterprise ... as part of the full SpaceShuttle package. Enterprise was partially disassembled and retired ... in 1983, 1984 and 1985 respectively. In 1986, Challenger was SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster destroyed ... in 1992. In 2003, Columbia was SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster destroyed during re entry , leaving ... of the SpaceShuttleSpaceShuttle System s liquid propellant rocket liquid fueled rocket propulsion system , but both the liquid hydrogen fuel and the liquid oxygen oxidizer for its three SpaceShuttle Main Engine main rocket engines were fed from an SpaceShuttle external tank external cryogenic propellant tank , and there were also two reusable SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket Booster large solid fueled ... STSCPanel.jpg thumb 280px SpaceShuttle cockpit Attitude control system The SpaceShuttle Orbiter ... of descent through the atmosphere and landing. Overall, the SpaceShuttle Orbiter was roughly the same ... System, located near the nose of the SpaceShuttle Orbiter, included 12 primary and two vernier RCS ... sat the SpaceShuttle s commander and co pilot, with up to two mission specialists seated behind them ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE SpaceShuttle Enterprise Use mdy dates date May 2011 Infobox SpaceShuttle name Enterprise br OV 101 image SpaceShuttle Enterprise in launch configuration.jpg caption Enterprise at Vandenberg ... author NASA ref The SpaceShuttle Enterprise NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation OV 101 was the first SpaceShuttle orbiter . It was built for NASA as part of the SpaceShuttle program to perform test flights in the atmosphere. ref name tech Cite book last Jenkins first Dennis R. title SpaceShuttle ... pages isbn 0963397451 ref It was constructed without SpaceShuttle Main Engine engines or a functional ... had been intended to be refitted for orbital flight, which would have made it the second spaceshuttle to fly after SpaceShuttle Columbia Columbia . ref name tech However, during the construction of Columbia ... to be less costly to build SpaceShuttle Challenger Challenger around a body frame STA ... to replace Challenger after the latter was SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster destroyed , but Space ...&dq enterprise shuttle star trek&hl en title Star Trek Fans Win on SpaceShuttle accessdate March ... 101 was not the same as that planned for SpaceShuttle Columbia OV 102 , the first flight model the tail was constructed differently, and it did not have the interfaces to mount SpaceShuttle Orbital ... of a SpaceShuttle thermal protection system thermal protection system , its surface was primarily ... houston steven f udvar hazy center spaceshuttle enterprise starboard full view fore with more of the space ... name tech ref name basics Cite web url http spaceflight.nasa.gov shuttle reference basics title Space ... HTML title SpaceShuttle Approach and Landing Tests ALT accessdate November 28, 2007 publisher NASA ... before the first orbital launch occurred. ref name alt On August 12, 1977, the spaceshuttle Enterprise flew on its own for the first time. ref 1977 Year in Review SpaceShuttle Enterprise http www.upi.com Audio Year in Review Events of 1977 SpaceShuttle Enterprise 12361881614363 5 ref ... more details
Italic title prefixed 13 Use mdy dates date May 2011 Infobox SpaceShuttle name Columbia br OV 102 image STS 109 launch.jpg caption SpaceShuttle Columbia launches on STS 109 HST 3B to repair the Hubble ... status SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster Destroyed February 1, 2003 SpaceShuttle Columbia NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation OV 102 was the first spaceworthy SpaceShuttle in NASA s orbital fleet. First launched on the STS 1 mission, the first of the SpaceShuttle program, it completed 27 missions before being SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster destroyed during re entry on February 1, 2003 near the end ... News date March 19, 2009 accessdate July 29, 2009 ref ref cite web title Spaceshuttle worker dies ... 11, 1982. At this point Columbia was joined by SpaceShuttle Challenger Challenger , which performed ... and a six person crew was carried, including the first non American astronaut on a spaceshuttle ... to include SpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery and SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis . Columbia returned ... of Representatives to venture into space, Bill Nelson . The next shuttle mission was undertaken by Challenger ... ended in SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster disaster 73 seconds after launch. In the aftermath NASA s shuttle ... orbiter Image SpaceShuttle Columbia launching.jpg right thumb 200px Columbia launching during STS ... orbiter launched with its SpaceShuttle external tank external tank painted white, which was later ... airlock to facilitate Shuttle Mir and Shuttle International Space Station dockings. ref cite ... Space Station, though modifications were made to the Shuttle during its last refit in case ... as its main SpaceShuttle thermal protection system thermal protection system TPS , with white silicone ... and the post Challenger stand down. Image SpaceShuttle Columbia lands following STS 28 in 1989 ... weigh as little unloaded as the other orbiters in the fleet. The next oldest shuttle, SpaceShuttle ... , Discovery , Atlantis , Endeavour , and even the SpaceShuttle Enterprise Enterprise all, until ... more details
SpaceShuttle Atlantis touches down for the final time, July 21, 2011, at the end of STS 135 File STS 135 begins takeoff.jpg thumb right 250px SpaceShuttle Atlantis Shuttle Atlantis begins the last mission of the SpaceShuttle program The retirement of NASA NASA s SpaceShuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. SpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery was the first of the three active space shuttles to be retired, completing its STS 133 final mission on March 9, 2011 SpaceShuttle Endeavour STS 134 did so on June 1. The STS 135 final shuttle mission was completed with the landing of SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis on July 21, 2011, bringing about the end of the 30 year SpaceShuttle program ... end 2011 100701.html NASA Delays SpaceShuttle Program s End to 2011 . Space.com, July 1, 2010 ... space title NASA weighs plan to keep spaceshuttle until 2017 publisher MSNBC last Coppinger first Rob date February 3, 2010 ref Hardware developed for the SpaceShuttle met various ends with conclusion ... Designation Retirement Destination File SpaceShuttle Enterprise logo.png 60px Enterprise spaceshuttle ... SpaceShuttle Discovery Tribute.jpg 60px Discovery spaceshuttle Discovery OV 103 Udvar Hazy Center , br Smithsonian Institution s National Air and Space Museum , br Chantilly, Virginia File SpaceShuttle Atlantis Tribute2.jpg 60px Atlantis spaceshuttle Atlantis OV 104 Kennedy Space Center , br Merritt Island , Florida File SpaceShuttle Endeavour Tribute.jpg 60px Endeavour spaceshuttle Endeavour ... for SpaceShuttle Orbiters After Retirement author NASA date April 12, 2011 work NASA accessdate April 12, 2011 ref ref name intrepid cite news last McGeehan first Patrick title SpaceShuttle to Land in Manhattan url http cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com 2011 04 12 spaceshuttle to land in manhattan ... url http www.youtube.com watch?v v iqc FbRaw title Homes of Retired SpaceShuttle Orbiters Announcement ... in the selection. ref cite news title Lost in spaceShuttle snub offers a warning that our Space City ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE SpaceShuttle Discovery Use mdy dates date November 2011 Infobox SpaceShuttle name Discovery br OV 103 image STS 124 Discovery Launch1.jpg caption SpaceShuttle Discovery launches from Launch ... iss 13 ref name NASAfacts status Retired ref name slt SpaceShuttle Discovery Orbiter Vehicle Designation OV 103 is one of the retired SpaceShuttle orbiter orbiters of the SpaceShuttle program of NASA ... shuttleoperations orbiters discovery info.html title SpaceShuttle Overview Discovery OV 103 ..., Discovery became the third operational orbiter following SpaceShuttle Columbia Columbia and Space ... was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by SpaceShuttle Endeavour Endeavour and SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis . History The spacecraft takes its name from four British ships ... 2006 after the SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster 2003 Columbia disaster . Discovery also carried ... Museum . ref name slt cite news last Dunn first Marcia title Spaceshuttle Discovery lands, ends ... name ares2 cite news last Travis first Matthew title Part 1 Discovery spaceshuttle up close and personal ... first Matthew title Part 2 Discovery spaceshuttle up close and personal tour at KSC url http www.youtube.com ... Discovery spaceshuttle up close and personal tour at KSC url http www.youtube.com watch?v YBJrV dqgT4 ... ref ref name ares5 cite news last Travis first Matthew title STS 133 Landing SpaceShuttle Discovery ... cite news last Travis first Matthew title STS 133 spaceshuttle Discovery launches for the final time ... pressroom releaseDetail.cfm?releaseID 256 title SpaceShuttle Discovery Joins the National Collection ... over cite web title SpaceShuttle Overview Discovery OV 103 url http www.nasa.gov centers kennedy ... safety modifications. ref name over Discovery is convert 6 lb heavier than SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis and convert 363 lb heavier than SpaceShuttle Endeavour Endeavour . ref name FT facts cite news title SpaceShuttle Discovery Facts url http www.floridatoday.com article 20110408 NEWS0208 ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE SpaceShuttle Endeavour Use mdy dates date May 2011 Infobox SpaceShuttle name Endeavour br OV 105 image STS 127 Launch Pad 39A.jpg caption SpaceShuttle Endeavour on Launch Complex 39 LC ... silhouette STS 130.jpg thumb Endeavour straddling the stratosphere and mesosphere SpaceShuttle Endeavour Orbiter Vehicle Designation OV 105 is one of the retired SpaceShuttle orbiter orbiters of the SpaceShuttle program of NASA , the space agency of the United States. ref cite web url http www.nasa.gov centers kennedy shuttleoperations orbiters endeavour info.html title SpaceShuttle Overview ... NASA spaceshuttle to be built, constructed as a replacement for SpaceShuttle Challenger ... of the SpaceShuttle program, ref cite web url http www.nasa.gov mission pages station structure ... of the STS 135 mission, SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis became the last SpaceShuttle ... Shuttle Challenger Challenger , which was lost in the SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster STS 51 L launch accident in 1986. Structural spares built during the construction of SpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery and SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis , two of the previous shuttles, were used in its assembly. NASA chose to build Endeavour from spares rather than refitting SpaceShuttle Enterprise Enterprise ... Space Center SpaceShuttle Endeavour Bot generated title ref This is why the name is spelled ... stories F The Naming of SpaceShuttle Endeavour.html title The Naming Of The SpaceShuttle Endeavour ... International claimed that it had made no profit on SpaceShuttle Endeavour , despite construction ... after the SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster disintegration of sister ship SpaceShuttle Columbia Columbia ... McAuliffe on the ill fated STS 51 L mission. Upgrades and features File SpaceShuttle Transit.jpg ... in flight en route back to the Kennedy Space Center atop a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft in 2008 File SpaceShuttle Endeavour Lands at the Kennedy Space Center on July 31st, 2009..jpg thumb Endeavour ... more details
Information Description This stunning image on SpaceShuttle Atlantis, while a flock a birds fly across it. Source http www.nasa.gov images content 205072main GPN 2000 000659 full.jpg Date January 19, 2008 Author NASA JPL Space Science Institute Permission http www.jsc.nasa.gov policies.html Guidelines http www.jpl.nasa.gov images policy other versions Licensing PD USGov NASA Category Iapetus Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Svenbot Orphan image ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Article U.S. Space Exploration History on U.S. Stamps Description U.S. Postage stamp depicting spaceshuttle Source photo Portion full stamp Low resolution yes Purpose Philatelic. Stamp and image are discussed in article. Replaceability A unique image that is not replaceable by any other non stamp image other information Licensing Non free USGov USPS stamp ... more details
Criticism of the SpaceShuttle program stems from claims that NASA NASA s SpaceShuttle program Shuttle ... access. SpaceShuttle incremental per pound launch costs ultimately turned out to be considerably ... PDF publisher Futron ref by 2011, the incremental cost per flight of the SpaceShuttle was estimated ... title NASA SpaceShuttle and International Space Station publisher Nasa.gov date accessdate 2010 ... cost of the SpaceShuttle program, averaged over all missions and adjusted for inflation, was estimated ... Shuttle , Book Review Final Countdown NASA and the End of the SpaceShuttle Program by Pat Duggins ... Space 20Shuttle 20history.htm title SpaceShuttle history Shuttle operations publisher Century of Flight ... caused by the chronically high NASA SpaceShuttle program costs have eliminated NASA manned space flight ... programs until after the 1986 SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster Challenger disaster . ref cite book ... to conduct science experiments on board the shuttle to be used to study the effects of space flight ... 01.html title The SpaceShuttle and Space Stations date 1997 09 06 publisher The K 8 Aeronautics Internet ... 04 ref The Shuttle was originally billed as a space vehicle that would be able to launch once a week ... the United States Congress . ref cite book last Lardas first Mark coauthors Ian Palmer title SpaceShuttle ... 7 year 2004 ref Beginning in 1981, the spaceshuttle began to be used for space travel. However, by the mid ... title SpaceShuttle publisher The Internet Encyclopedia of Science accessdate 2008 09 26 ... of the Shuttle is now with one company the United Space Alliance , a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed ... Report , on the SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster Challenger disaster . Some researchers have criticized ... thumb right 200px The original, simple, vision of SpaceShuttle ground processing Image ..., SpaceShuttle ground processing The Shuttle was originally conceived to operate somewhat like an airliner ... usually takes months SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis set the pre Challenger record by launching ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE SpaceShuttle Atlantis Use dmy dates date May 2011 Infobox SpaceShuttle name Atlantis br ... 12 status Retired The SpaceShuttle Atlantis Orbiter Vehicle Designation OV 104 is a retired SpaceShuttle orbiter in the SpaceShuttle fleet belonging to the NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration ... and the next to the last SpaceShuttle to be constructed by the Rockwell International company in Southern ... Features atlantis 25 year career.html title SpaceShuttle Atlantis Wraps Up 25 year Career author ... news 7cool things spaceshuttle atlantis 100512.html publisher space.com ref The last mission of Atlantis was STS 135 , the last flight before the SpaceShuttle retirement Shuttle program ended ... Institution from 1930 to 1966. ref cite web title SpaceShuttle Atlantis Orbitor Fleet url http www.nasa.gov ... Jenkins first Dennis R. title SpaceShuttle The History of the National Space Transportation System ... SpaceShuttle Atlantis as it solar transit transits the sun Weight with three shuttle main engines ... Atlantis was completed in about half the time it took to build SpaceShuttle Columbia SpaceShuttle ... NEWS0208 110408014 0 videobillboardtest SpaceShuttle Atlantis facts?odyssey nav head title Space ... less than the SpaceShuttle Endeavour SpaceShuttle Endeavour with the three main engines . Notable ... STS 132 mission. SpaceShuttle Atlantis lifted off on its maiden voyage on 3 October 1985, on mission ... news news 042210a.html title Spaceshuttle Atlantis moves to launch pad for final planned ..., STS 61 B , the second night launch in the shuttle program, before the SpaceShuttle Challenger ... 7cool things spaceshuttle atlantis 100512.html title 7 Cool Things You Didn t Know About SpaceShuttle ... U.S. manned space flight first U.S. shuttle Russian Space Station Mir docking and joint on orbit ... author European Space Agency accessdate 25 July 2010 ref File STS 135 SpaceShuttle Launch.ogv thumb thumbtime 21 STS 135 SpaceShuttle Launch video. File STS 135 Atlantis and Southern Lights.jpg ... more details
class floatright style float right File STS 73 landing.jpg thumb right U.S. shuttleSpaceShuttle Columbia ... missions in its SpaceShuttle program , ref name archives Cite web url http www.nasa.gov centers kennedy shuttleoperations archives 2005.html title SpaceShuttle Mission Archives accessdate November ... SpaceShuttle The History of the National Space Transportation System publisher Voyageur Press year ... module. Flight numbering The U.S. spaceshuttle program was officially referred to as the Space ... STS 33R. ref name tech After the SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster Challenger disaster , a sequential ... flight STS 51 a mission carried out by SpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery in 1993 was many years ... rowspan 2 Longest flight colspan 2 First flight colspan 2 Last flight ALT Date ALT Date SpaceShuttle ... 16 align right Oct 26, 1977 Shuttle stats List of shuttle flights See also Timeline of SpaceShuttle ... tests. ref Enterprise 2 00d 00h 05m Edwards Air Force Base Edwards First free flight of SpaceShuttle ... first flight of Challenger first spaceshuttle extra vehicular activity 7 sort 0618 June 18 , 1983 ... 01m 13s N A Planned TDRS deployment, SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster Loss of vehicle and crew , Teacher ... first post SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster Challenger flight 27 sort 1202 December 2 , 1988 ... Shuttle International Space Station ISS assembly flight 94 sort 0527 May 27 , 1999 STS 96 Discovery ... Columbia 7 15d 22h N A Ken. SPACEHAB SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster Loss of vehicle and crew before ... Multipurpose Module PMM Leonardo to be left permanently attached , ELC 4. Final flight of SpaceShuttle ... of SpaceShuttle Endeavour Endeavour . 135 sort 0708 July 8 , 2011 STS 135 Atlantis 4 12d 18h ISS Kennedy Payload Multi Purpose Logistics Module MPLM Raffaello. Final flight of SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis , final flight of the SpaceShuttle program. Cancelled missions main Cancelled SpaceShuttle missions One initial SpaceShuttle abort modes Intact abort modes emergency flight abort RTLS sub ... more details
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