Space Shuttle Wiki
The space shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the national aeronautics and space administration nasa which accomplished routine transportation for earth to orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
Space shuttle wiki. Because of the low production volume of orbiters the space shuttle program decided to build a vehicle as a structural test article sta 099 that could later be converted to a flight vehicle. Like other shuttles the shuttle has three main components. The journey was famous for an unmodified toyota tundra pickup truck pulling the space shuttle across the manchester boulevard bridge.
However due to bridge weight restrictions endeavour was moved onto the dolly towed by the tundra. After it had completely crossed the bridge the space shuttle was returned to the robotic dollies. 1 63 mb space shuttle 01 jpg 1 772 1 772.
Az amerikai kormányzat döntése értelmében az űrutazásban nagyobb teret kell engedni a magáncégeknek ezért. The contract for sta 099 was awarded to north american rockwell on july 26 1972 and construction was completed in february 1978. Space shuttle takes off to california 120920 a ga823 007 jpg 2 863 1 899.
It was a new kind of spacecraft because it could be used again and again. 468 kb spaceport usa december 1991 02 jpg 5 937 4 135. December 5 én volt személyzettel való repülését 2020 ra tervezik.
Cargo such as satellites parts of a space station or scientific instruments were taken up into space by the space shuttle. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. Each space shuttle orbiter was designed for a projected lifespan of 100 launches or ten years of operational life although this was later extended.
The space shuttle was mainly carried by four self propelled robotic dollies throughout the 12 mile journey. The space shuttle columbia orbiter vehicle designation. Ov 102 was the first space rated orbiter in nasa s space shuttle fleet.