Space Shuttle
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Total launches | 135 |
|---|---|
| Cost per launch | US$450 million (2011) to 1. 5 billion (2011) |
| Payload to Polar orbit | 12,700 kg (28,000 lb) |
| Launch sites | LC-39 |
| Kennedy Space Center | |
| SLC-6 | |
| Vandenberg AFB | |
| Payload to Earth return | 14,400 kg (31,700 lb) |
| Payload to LEO | 27,500 kg (60,600 lb) |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 950152 |
About Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by the U. S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the Space Shuttle program.
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...On 7 April in 1983, American astronauts Don Peterson and Story Musgrave bravely stepped out of the Space Shuttle Challenger, the first time US space explorers had conducted a spacewalk in nearly a decade...
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Kathy Sullivan: the woman who made history, in sea and space
... It was the 13th flight of Nasa s Space Shuttle program and the sixth trip for the Space Shuttle Challenger...
Nasa launch, the first manned mission of the US in ten years
... Nasa was using Russian rockets for manned flights since the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011...
To practice the SpaceX emergency crew capsule escape
... the US has not yet started from its own soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle nine years ago...
Nasa-moon-rocket-core-sheets for testing
... The SLS is designed to re-use technology originally developed for the Space Shuttle program ran from 1981-2011...
Nasa launch, the first manned mission of the US in ten years
An artistic concept of Spacex Crew dragon
Nasa has announced that next month Will launch its first manned mission from U.S. soil in almost 10 Years .
The Rocket and the spacecraft it is carrying out are due to Take Off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on 27 may, with two astronauts on The International space station (ISS).
the rockets and space vehicles were developed by private company Spacex .
Nasa was using Russian rockets for manned flights since the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011.
Bob Behnken (L) and Doug HurleyIf you are successful, Spacex – led by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk , Will send The First private company to which Nasa astronauts Into Space .
The Falcon Nine rocket and crew Dragon spacecraft from the space center's historic Pad 39A, which is the same as for The Apollo and shuttle missions.
It is the astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley Will take about 24 hours to reach the ISS.
An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts currently on Board the ISS.
spacex, international space station, united states, nasa
Source of news: bbc.com
Space Shuttle Photos
