The Space Shuttle

                                                                                           The space shuttle is a machine that allows us to explore space and learn new things about space!

 

                                            The space shuttle can be dangerous but it can be fun to watch it launch off into space.

Shuttle Facts !!!

 

The space shuttle can go up to 17,580 MPH!!!!! How amazing is that?

The space shuttle weighs about 2,029,203 KG!!!!!!! That is the coooolest thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Cloud Callout: It feels good to be a space shuttle!  

The Shuttle is the only winged manned spacecraft to achieve orbit and land, and the only reusable space vehicle that has ever made multiple flights into orbit. Its missions involve carrying large payloads to various orbits (including segments to be added to the International Space Station), providing crew rotation for the International Space Station, and performing service missions. The orbiter can also recover satellites and other payloads from orbit and return them to Earth, but its use in this capacity is rare. However, the Shuttle has previously been used to return large payloads from the ISS to Earth, as the Russian Soyuz spacecraft has limited capacity for return payloads. Each vehicle was designed with a projected lifespan of 100 launches, or 10 years' operational life

     The Shuttle is the only winged manned spacecraft to achieve orbit and land, and the only reusable space vehicle that has ever made multiple flights into orbit. Its missions involve carrying large payloads to various orbits (including segments to be added to the International Space Station), providing crew rotation for the International Space Station, and performing service missions. The orbiter can also recover satellites and other payloads from orbit and return them to Earth, but its use in this capacity is rare. However, the Shuttle has previously been used to return large payloads from the ISS to Earth, as the Russian Soyuz spacecraft has limited capacity for return payloads. Each vehicle was designed with a projected lifespan of 100 launches, or 10 years' operational life

 

 

The space shuttle helped us get animals into space like monkeys.

The Space shuttle helped us get the fist man on the moon!! (Neil Armstrong)

 

 

 

Cloud Callout: weee this is sooo much fun!

                                                                                                        The Space Shuttle made traveling in space like flying a plane. Space travel was no longer limited to trained astronauts. Space Shuttle passengers can now include scientists, doctors and other people needed to conduct experiments in space. The Space Shuttle has become the major launching vehicle for NASA. The Space Shuttle can take satellites into space, and it can also bring them back to Earth for repair.

                

The Space Shuttle takes off from a launch pad vertically, sitting on its tail, just like a rocket. Attached to the Space Shuttle are two booster rockets, and a large fuel tank. These help propel the Space Shuttle into space.

                              

Within minutes of the launch, the booster rockets are exhausted and are ejected. Parachutes open from the booster rockets and slowly lower them into the Ocean. There they are picked up by a waiting ship.

                            

This leaves the shuttle and the fuel tank. At about 75 miles above the Earth, the external fuel tank is now empty and separates. It falls back to Earth and lands in the India Ocean.

                         

Two small rockets now ignite to steer the shuttle in space.

         

The Space Shuttle has a large cargo bay. It is capable of carrying a large payload, such as a satellite, into space. The doors open to allow a satellite to be launched into orbit.

The cargo bay can also be used to carry laboratory equipment to perform experiments in space.
The shuttle also has a remote manipulator arm, built by Canada. This arm is used to lift a payload, such as a satellite out of the cargo bay.

The remote manipulator arm can also be used to retrieve a broken satellite from space. It can put the satellite back into the cargo bay allowing it to be returned to Earth for repair.
Since there is zero gravity and air in space, the shuttle astronauts must wear a space suit. The space suit is a fully self contained life support system.

The shuttle astronauts can also move around in space using a manned maneuvering unit. This uses gas powered jets to help the astronaut to move in different directions. The manned maneuvering unit is useful in recovering or repairing broken satellites