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 SpaceShuttleexternaltankSpaceShuttle 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 Category Wikipedia books on astronomy SpaceShuttle ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Image External floating roof tank double deck .jpg thumb 300px right External floating roof tank double deck type An external floating roof tank is a storage tank commonly used to store large quantities of petroleum products such as crude oil or condensate. It comprises an open topped cylindrical steel shell equipped with a roof that floats on the surface of the stored liquid. The roof rises and falls with the liquid level in the tank. As opposed to a fixed roof tank there is no vapor space ullage in the floating roof tank except for very low liquid level situations . In principle, this eliminates Tank breathing loss breathing losses and greatly reduces the Tank evaporative loss evaporative loss of the stored liquid There is a rim seal system between the tank shell and roof to reduce rim evaporation. The roof has support legs hanging down into the liquid. At low liquid levels the roof eventually lands and a vapor space forms between the liquid surface and the roof, similar to a fixed roof tank. The support legs are usually retractable to increase the working volume of the tank. Advantages External roof tanks are usually installed for environmental or economical reasons to limit product loss and reduce the emission of volatile organic compounds VOC , an air pollutant . Normally roof not landed , there is little vapor space, and consequently a much smaller risk of internal tank explosion. Disadvantages Rain water and snow can accumulate on the roof, eventually the roof may sink. Water on the roof is usually drained from a flexible hose that runs from a drain sump on the roof, through the stored liquid to a drain valve on the shell at the base of the tank. The hose often develops leaks and drains both water and product. Citation needed date January 2012 See also storage tankExternal links http articles.compressionjobs.com articles oilfield 101 5130 storage tanks vessels gas liquids?start 2 Use of floating roof storage tanks in Oil & Gas industry ... more details
on May 11th 2009. 20 2010 12 17 SpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery STS 133 Externaltank repairs ... drilled approximately 195 holes on the externaltank foam insulation, many of which were too high up on the tank to be accessed at the pad for repairs. 10 1995 08 01 SpaceShuttle Endeavour Endeavour ... tank foam insulation. 14 2001 01 02 SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis STS 98 Crawler failure Atlantis ... fuel tank in preparation for the first STS 114 Return to Flight mission following the SpaceShuttle ...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 SpaceShuttleexternaltankExternaltank ET umbilical. 5 1990 08 09 SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis STS 38 Fuel leak Atlantis was rolled back after tests confirmed a hydrogen fuel leak on the externaltank side of the externaltank 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 ... found on all four lug hinges on the two externaltank umbilical door drive mechanisms. 8 1994 08 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 ... Erin 1995 Hurricane Erin . 11 1996 07 10 SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis STS 79 Weather Atlantis ... 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 ... edges of the wings, and actual Michelin tires on the landing gear which were flown in space. Handling points are also shown, but the external detailing does not extend to the inclusion of thermal blankets. Move to Houston SpaceShuttle Explorer was removed from KSC Visitor Center December ... manages operations of the Visitor Center, along with NASA, feared images of a spaceshuttle with no wings ... SpaceShuttle 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 SpaceShuttleexternaltankexternaltank mated to two SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket Booster solid rocket boosters adjacent to Explorer as well. Explorer was mounted ... 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
would not support that launch rate. In particular the maximum SpaceShuttleexternaltankexternal ... not fully reusable design was selected, where an SpaceShuttleexternaltankexternal propellent tank was discarded for each launch, and the booster rocket s and shuttle orbiter were refurbished ... carrying the propellant in an SpaceShuttleexternaltankexternaltank allowed a larger payload bay ... was selected was a SpaceShuttle program winged orbiter with SpaceShuttle Main Engine three liquid fueled engines , a large SpaceShuttleexternaltank expendable externaltank which held Liquid rocket ...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. Air Force involvement ..., due in large part to the loss of the spaceshuttleSpaceShuttle Challenger Challenger on January ... 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 ... in a few payloads rather than many smaller shuttle payloads. A related concept was servicing the space ... space station and Air Force payload requirements weren t sufficient to reach desired shuttle ..., commercial satellites, and scientific research to use only the spaceshuttle. Most other expendable ... missions. Final design File National Transonic Facility SpaceShuttle Model GPN 2000 001914.jpg thumb ... 2060 19740022195 SpaceShuttle System Program Definition Phase B Extension Final Report . Washington ... more details
SpaceShuttle Main Engine main rocket engines were fed from an SpaceShuttleexternaltankexternal cryogenic propellant tank , and there were also two reusable SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket Booster ...Infobox Spacecraft Name SpaceShuttle orbiter Image File 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 by NASA ... 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 ..., the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft , while the remaining Orbiters were built for orbital space flights, launched vertically as part of the full SpaceShuttle package. Enterprise was partially disassembled ... as a SpaceShuttle, in 1981. The first launches of Challenger , Discovery , and finally Atlantis , followed in 1983, 1984 and 1985 respectively. In 1986, Challenger was SpaceShuttle Challenger ... launched in 1992. In 2003, Columbia was SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster destroyed during ... carried most of the SpaceShuttleSpaceShuttle System s liquid propellant rocket liquid fueled rocket ... File STSCPanel.jpg thumb 280px SpaceShuttle cockpit Attitude control system The SpaceShuttle ... stages of descent through the atmosphere and landing. Overall, the SpaceShuttle Orbiter was roughly ... Control System, located near the nose of the SpaceShuttle Orbiter, included 12 primary and two ... more details
on both the SpaceShuttleExternalTankexternal fuel tank ET and the SRB aft attachment strut ... of the SpaceShuttleexternaltank Liquid hydrogen tank lower tank and a rapid release of hydrogen , creating a forward thrust of about 2.8 million pounds and pushing the tank up into the SpaceShuttleexternaltank Intertank intertank structure which connects the liquid hydrogen tank and SpaceShuttleexternaltank Liquid oxygen tank liquid oxygen tank . This was followed by an almost explosive ... External links Commons SpaceShuttle Challenger SpaceShuttle Mission Link http www.presidency.ucsb.edu ...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 ... 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 Systems ... 28, 1986, SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster resulting in the death of all seven crew members . The accident ... 7, 2007. ref Construction Because of the low production of orbiters, the SpaceShuttle program decided .... ref NASA planned to refit the prototype orbiter SpaceShuttle Enterprise Enterprise OV 101 , used for flight ... of the first orbiter, SpaceShuttle Columbia Columbia OV 102 , would have required extensive rework ... fewer tiles in its Spaceshuttle thermal protection system Thermal Protection System than Columbia ... in the SpaceShuttle Re entry and landing descent phase of a mission. Flights and modifications ... 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 ... more details
of spaceshuttle missions Timeline of SpaceShuttle missions References reflist colwidth 35em External ...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 ... more details
solid rocket boosters , and an expendable SpaceShuttleexternaltankexternaltank . ref name ... of Alliant Techsystems , for the externaltank, Martin Marietta now Lockheed Martin , and for the Space ...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 ... more details
orbiter launched with its SpaceShuttleexternaltankexternaltank painted white, which was later ... First mission with an unpainted SpaceShuttleexternaltankExternaltank . br Only time that a space ... shuttle missions Timeline of SpaceShuttle missions References reflist 2 Include NASA External ...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 ... 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 ... more details
. External links Category Simulator rides Category SpaceShuttle tourist attractions ...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 ... 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
issues. Launches of the spaceshuttle to the international space station do not allow for holds ... first Eric title How Things Work Shuttle Launch Windows journal Air and Space year 2002 month March ... s midbody umbilical unit Clean and vacuum crew module Externaltank nosecone purge T 19 hours ... This built in hold varies between 13 to 14 hours. spaceshuttle launch criteria Weather and engineering ... no violations of launch commit criteria before loading the externaltank with propellants Chill down of propellant transfer lines Begin tanking , loading the externaltank with about 500,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants once the countdown resumes The externaltank is inspected for frost and debris The externaltank is checked for concentration of H sub 2 sub around the orbiter finish filling the externaltank with its flight load of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants T 3 hours hold This built in hold typically lasts two and a half hours. Externaltank loading enters ... T 16 seconds Activate main engine hydrogen burnoff system T 10 seconds SpaceShuttle Main ... off the launch pad. References reflist Category NASA de Countdown SpaceShuttle ...File 020408 STS110 Atlantis launch.jpg thumb right center Liftoff of STS 110 in 2002 center Launch of a spaceshuttle mission is governed by a countdown. 2 clocks are maintained, the unofficial, but sometimes ... at the Kennedy Space Center ref cite web last Butterworth first Paul title Speed of the Earth s Rotation ... FOR SHUTTLE MISSION STS 97 BEGINS 1 A.M. NOV. 28 url http www pao.ksc.nasa.gov kscpao release 2000 100 00.htm publisher NASA ref ref cite web title SpaceShuttle Launch Countdown url http science.ksc.nasa.gov shuttle countdown count.html T 06H00M publisher NASA ref ref cite web title Countdown 101 url http www.nasa.gov mission pages shuttle launch countdown101.html publisher NASA ref Milestones ... Fill launch pad sound suppression system water tank Resume orbiter and ground support equipment ... 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 ... thumb SpaceShuttle Atlantis as it solar transit transits the sun Weight with three shuttle ... feet 23.7 m Atlantis was completed in about half the time it took to build SpaceShuttle Columbia SpaceShuttle Columbia . ref name Atlantis Facts Florida Today Cite web url http www.floridatoday.com article 20110408 NEWS0208 110408014 0 videobillboardtest SpaceShuttle Atlantis facts?odyssey nav head title SpaceShuttle Atlantis facts publisher Florida Today date 9 April 2011 accessdate 29 April ... three pounds less than the SpaceShuttle Endeavour SpaceShuttle Endeavour with the three main ... Station during STS 132 mission. SpaceShuttle Atlantis lifted off on its maiden voyage on 3 October ... http www.collectspace.com news news 042210a.html title Spaceshuttle Atlantis moves to launch pad for final ... one other mission, STS 61 B , the second night launch in the shuttle program, before the SpaceShuttle ... news 7cool things spaceshuttle atlantis 100512.html title 7 Cool Things You Didn t Know About SpaceShuttle Atlantis author Karen Rowan publisher SPACE.com date 12 May 2010 accessdate 13 May ... 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
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 ... capacity of the Michoud Assembly Facility Michoud facility that constructs the externaltank ... 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 ... more details
. Then the SSMEs are stopped, the SpaceShuttleexternaltankexternaltank is jettisoned, and the orbiter ... disaster SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster SpaceShuttle program References reflist External links http ...A SpaceShuttle abort was an emergency procedure due to equipment failure on NASA s SpaceShuttle , most commonly during ascent. A SpaceShuttle Main Engine main engine failure is a typical abort scenario. There are fewer abort options during reentry and descent. For example, the SpaceShuttle Columbia ... was SpaceShuttle Main Engine SSME failure, causing inability either to cross the Atlantic or to achieve ... roughly 6.6 seconds before liftoff. From that point to ignition of the SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket ... Mission Profile ref Intact abort modes This section is linked from STS 51 F Image SpaceShuttle abort panel.jpg thumb right 250px Abort panel on SpaceShuttle Challenger . Taken during STS 51 F . There were four intact abort modes for the SpaceShuttle. Intact aborts were designed to provide a safe ... the SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket Booster solid rocket boosters are jettisoned. It then Flight dynamics ... KSC cite web url http www.nasa.gov centers kennedy pdf 167472main TALsites 06.pdf title SpaceShuttle ... fuel leak in one of the SpaceShuttle Main Engine SSMEs on STS 93 resulted in a slightly lower ... cite book title Spaceshuttle the history of the National Space Transportation System the first 100 ... ref cite web url http www.tc.gc.ca publications EN TP12952 PDF 5CHR TP12952E.PDF title NASA SPACESHUTTLE ... 17044 title France to assist NASA with the future launches of the SpaceShuttle accessdate 2009 08 ... that little could be done. In the case of STS 51 L Challenger , the SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket Booster .... The SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster Columbia disaster occurred high in the atmosphere during reentry ... velocities. Post Challenger abort enhancements Before the SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster ... a single SpaceShuttle Main Engine SSME was survivable prior to about 350 seconds into the ascent ... more details
attachment hardware and SpaceShuttleexternaltankexternal fuel tank . This led to the separation of the right hand SRBs aft attachment and the structural failure of the externaltank. aerodynamics ... hydrogen vent arm retracted from the SpaceShuttleexternaltankExternalTank ET but failed ... attach strut, and struck the SpaceShuttleexternaltank Intertank intertank structure. The breakup ... International ran stories suggesting that a fault with the spaceshuttleexternaltank had caused ... with the adjacent SpaceShuttleexternaltankexternaltank , causing structural failure. The failure ... 2011 DISPLAYTITLE SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster Infobox news event title SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster image Image Challenger explosion.jpg 250px caption SpaceShuttleSpaceShuttle Challenger ... Scobee inquiries Rogers Commission outcome Grounding of the SpaceShuttle fleet for nearly three years ... row Ellison Onizuka , Christa McAuliffe , Gregory Jarvis , Judith Resnik . The SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when SpaceShuttle Challenger SpaceShuttle Challenger ... began after an O ring seal in its right SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket Booster solid rocket booster SRB .... O ring concerns ref improve section date January 2011 Each of the two SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket ... title Report of the Presidential Commission on the SpaceShuttle Challenger Accident, Volume 1, chapter ... was present as early as the second spaceshuttle mission, STS 2 , which was flown by Columbia. However ... at the SpaceShuttle abort modes Transoceanic Abort Landing TAL site in Dakar , Senegal . NASA ... was delayed the next day by problems with the SpaceShuttle orbiter A Description of the SpaceShuttle ... the fixture was finally sawn off, crosswinds at the Shuttle Landing Facility exceeded the limits for a Space ... report title Report of the Presidential Commission on the SpaceShuttle Challenger Accident, Volume ... web author Rogers Commission report title Report of the Presidential Commission on the SpaceShuttle ... more details
insulation the size of a small briefcase broke off from the SpaceShuttleexternaltank the ET main ... Century of Flight title The Columbia spaceshuttle accident accessdate August 13, 2007 ref The shuttle s SpaceShuttleexternaltank main fuel tank is covered in foam as an insulator, to avoid ice ... s original shuttle design specifications stated that the externaltank was not to shed foam or other ... shuttleexternaltank where the foam was sprayed on to the larger cylindrical surfaces using the newer ... 107 . DISPLAYTITLE SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster Infobox news event image Image Disaster of Columbia.JPG ... were initiated. The SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS 107 , the SpaceShuttle Columbia SpaceShuttle ... wing, damaging the Shuttle s SpaceShuttle thermal protection system thermal protection system TPS ... near the bottom of the left SpaceShuttle Solid Rocket Booster solid rocket booster SRB causing a dent ... STS 107 was the 113th SpaceShuttle launch. It was delayed 18 times ref name mission objectives ... issues. SpaceShuttle flight operations were delayed for over two years, similar to the delay following the SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster Challenger accident . Construction of the International ... Space Agency for resupply until Shuttle flights resumed with STS 114 and 41 months for crew rotation ... , who piloted a previous shuttle during the first docking with the International Space Station STS ... insulation foam broke off from the ExternalTank ET , striking Columbia s left wing reinforced carbon ... to reduce aerodynamic stresses around the bipod attachment points at the externaltank, but it was proven unnecessary in the wake of the accident and was removed from the externaltank design for tanks ... as foam shedding. As with the O ring erosions that ultimately doomed the SpaceShuttle Challenger SpaceShuttle Challenger , NASA management became accustomed to these phenomena when no serious consequences ... 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 ... Saksi SpaceShuttle reopens at Enchanted Kingdom www.gmanews.tv video, Saksi SpaceShuttle reopens ... travelling through the roller coaster in reverse before returning to the station. External links ... 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 ... 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 table in Pinball Hall of Fame The Williams Collection . External links http www.ipdb.org search.pl?any Space Shuttle&sortby Search Database&searchtype quick 2260 IPDB Listing for SpaceShuttle DEFAULTSORT SpaceShuttle Pinball Machine Category Pinball machines Category Article Feedback ... more details
Infobox VG title SpaceShuttle Mission 2007 The 2008 Edition SpaceShuttle Mission Simulator The Collector ... thumb 210px left SpaceShuttle at KSC SpaceShuttle Mission 2007 , also SSM2007 is a highly realistic SpaceShuttle stand alone mission simulator for the Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows XP, Vista ... been under development for more than six years. SpaceShuttle Mission 2007 has been developed by a team of Space Exploration enthusiasts whose idea was to bring the old and venerable Shuttle the Space ... 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 2007 as a freeware game, but as the project ... under the title SpaceShuttle Mission Simulator The Collector s Edition or SSMS TCE , in EU and USA ... team announced the plan to release a new version titled SpaceShuttle Mission Simulator 2 ... thumbnail 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 ... section. The SpaceShuttle Mission 2007 simulates numerous SpaceShuttle systems, including ... 3D Virtual Cockpit during landing at KSC Image SSM2007 STS 98.jpg thumbnail 256px left SpaceShuttle ... between 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 ... mission flown by the SpaceShuttle program. Original Missions SpaceShuttle Mission 2007 was released ... the SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster SpaceShuttle Challenger disaster . Launch of Tracking and Data ... Space Telescope astronomical observatory. STS 88 First SpaceShuttle mission to the International Space ... ShuttleSpaceShuttle Discovery Discovery . STS 121 Carried the Multi Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo ... 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 ... topics shuttle station features shuttle homes.html title NASA Announces New Homes for SpaceShuttle ... 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 accessdate April 12, 2011 ... watch?v v iqc FbRaw title Homes of Retired SpaceShuttle Orbiters Announcement by NASA Admin Charlie ... 23, 2011 ref class wikitable Shuttle br Name Shuttle br Designation Retirement Destination File SpaceShuttle Enterprise logo.png 60px Enterprise spaceshuttle Enterprise OV 101 Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum , br New York City, New York State New York File 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 ... more details
spaceflights chronologically Thiokol References Reflist External links commons category SpaceShuttle ...DISPLAYTITLE SpaceShuttle Endeavour Use dmy dates date January 2012 Infobox SpaceShuttle name Endeavour br OV 105 image STS 127 Launch Pad 39A.jpg caption SpaceShuttle Endeavour on Launch Complex 39 ... 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 Challenger ... of the SpaceShuttle program, ref cite web url http www.nasa.gov mission pages station structure iss ... 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 in the British ... F The Naming of SpaceShuttle Endeavour.html title The Naming Of The SpaceShuttle Endeavour publisher ... International claimed that it had made no profit on SpaceShuttle Endeavour , despite construction ... after the SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster disintegration of sister ship SpaceShuttle 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 ... more details
missions References Reflist 2 External links Commons category SpaceShuttle Mission Link http www.youtube.com ...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 ... Telescope into orbit. Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by SpaceShuttle Endeavour Endeavour and SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis . History The spacecraft takes its name ... in Dundee , Scotland . Discovery was the shuttle that launched the Hubble Space Telescope . The STS ... Return To Flight missions in July 2005 and July 2006 after the SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster ... Marcia title Spaceshuttle Discovery lands, ends flying career url http www.sltrib.com sltrib world ... Part 1 Discovery spaceshuttle up close and personal tour at KSC url http www.youtube.com watch ... 21, 2011 ref ref name ares3 cite news last Travis first Matthew title Part 2 Discovery spaceshuttle ... cite news last Travis first Matthew title Part 3 Discovery spaceshuttle up close and personal tour ... Matthew title STS 133 Landing SpaceShuttle Discovery Completes Final Mission To Space url http www.youtube.com ... spaceshuttle Discovery launches for the final time url http www.youtube.com watch?v 2eovKxCccMc agency ... of Enterprise , Columbia and Challenger . ref name over cite web title SpaceShuttle Overview Discovery ... with a 5th set of cryogenic tanks and an external airlock to support missions to the International Space ... is convert 6 lb heavier than SpaceShuttle Atlantis Atlantis and convert 363 lb heavier than ... 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 ... has a payload volume of 3.1 the spaceshuttle s payload volume, show that a significant space capability has been developed by the military if far less capable than the spaceshuttle itself. In the design phase of what eventually became the SpaceShuttle, there were plans for the U.S. military to purchase ... 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 Discovery to Vandenberg ... 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 ... B 3 communication satellite. Some military payloads have been flown on regular 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 with military ... military advantage that the NASA spaceshuttle gave the USA. On the first launch of Buran s Energia ... aborted military programs to develop a form of spaceshuttle. Given that current, ongoing projects ... 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 bases , affected ... in 2002 Boeing X 37 A modern, operational, robotic spaceplane, largely feature equivalent to the Space ... more details
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