Space Shuttle Interior
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Space shuttle interior. For an understanding of the scope of coverage in the project it took over 27 000 photos to capture the entire exterior surface of the shuttle and 18 000 to capture the interior. See more ideas about space shuttle shuttling space shuttle interior. Mar 5 2020 explore leonard holmin s board space shuttle interior on pinterest.
The early studies were denoted phase a and in june 1970 phase b which were more detailed and specific. Nasa s space shuttles were the world s first reusable crewed spacecraft and flew in space for 30 years from april 1981 to july 2011. The two solid rocket boosters srbs which provided 80 percent of launch thrust.
The space shuttle was a partially reusable low earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the national aeronautics and space administration nasa as part of the space shuttle program its official program name was space transportation system sts taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft where it was the only item funded for development. From space shuttle news reference nasa p 3 5. Mcdonnell space hangar at the udvar hazy center.
Before the project apollo moon landing in 1969 nasa began studies of space shuttle designs as early as october 1968. From space shuttle news reference nasa p 3 6. The huge rust colored external tank et which fed fuel to three space shuttle main engines ssmes during launch the orbiter itself which many people think of as the shuttle which served as the crew s home in space and was equipped to.
Take a rare glimpse inside the space shuttle atlantis just before nasa powered it down forever in 2011. The primary intended use of the space shuttle was supporting the future space station ferrying a minimum crew of four and about 20 000 pounds 9 100 kg of cargo and. Forward fuselage crew module and structure from space shuttle news reference nasa p 3 7.
The space shuttle system was made up of three main components. From space shuttle news reference nasa p 3 4.