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  KSC Fact Sheet "NASA's Orbiter Fleet"
Authorization to construct the fifth Space Shuttle orbiter as a replacement for Challenger was granted by Congress on August 1, 1987.
Following extensive testing and verification of all electrical and mechanical interfaces, the orbiter is transferred to the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building where it is mated to the external tank with attached solid rocket boosters.
Then, the assembled Space Shuttle vehicle is carried to the launch pad by a large tracked vehicle called the crawler-transporter.
www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov /kscpao/nasafact/orbiters.htm   (1231 words)

  
  Space Shuttle program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Internally the Shuttle remains largely similar to the original design, with the exception that the avionics continue to be improved.
The Space Shuttle consists of three main components: the reusable Orbiter itself, a large, brown, expendable external fuel tank, and a pair of white, reusable solid-fuel booster rockets.
While the Shuttle has been a reasonably successful launch vehicle, it has been unable to meet its goal of radically reducing flight launch costs, as the average launch expenditures during its operations up to 2005 accumulates to $1.3 billion [3], a rather large figure compared to the initial projections of $10 to $20 million.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_Shuttle   (5530 words)

  
 Online TDM Encyclopedia - Shuttle Services
Shuttle Services may be provided during periods of unusually high demand, during Special Events and as an overflow Parking Solution.
Some Shuttles, such as paratransit service for people with disabilities, cause little or no reduction in automobile travel, their benefits consist primarily of improved mobility for people who are transportation disadvantaged.
Shuttle Services should be considered when planning events or centers that will generate heavy traffic, and as a way to deal with transportation problems during special times or events.
www.vtpi.org /tdm/tdm39.htm   (2989 words)

  
 CNN.com - Shuttle lifts off with space railroad - April 8, 2002
In the future, a railcar will shuttle the station's robotic arm, allowing it to grasp and move massive pieces of equipment around the modular outpost.
The shuttle mission is the 13th to visit the international space station.
The shuttle astronauts, the first visitors to the space station since the current space station inhabitants arrived in December, are bringing fresh food and supplies to the orbiting outpost.
archives.cnn.com /2002/TECH/space/04/08/shuttle.launch   (531 words)

  
 Shuttle
To finance the Shuttle in the austere 1970’s, already-built Apollo hardware that would have supported a second Skylab mission was sent to museums and American manned space flight went into a long hiatus.
When the shuttle Challenger exploded and the entire US space lift program was shut down for almost a year, the fallacy of this situation was exposed.
This variant of the Shuttle C was envisioned for delivery of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to orbit....
www.astronautix.com /lvfam/shuttle.htm   (1796 words)

  
 StarChild: The Space Shuttle
Behind the nose is the huge payload bay in which the Shuttle transports its cargo.
Future Shuttle missions were postponed until the Shuttle program and the Shuttle design were carefully reviewed to try to insure that no further accidents occurred.
Shuttle flights, using a re-designed external fuel tank, are expected to resume in Spring 2005.
starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/StarChild/space_level2/shuttle.html   (520 words)

  
 Pierce Transit
SHUTTLE is a shared-ride service for people who, because of their disability, are unable to ride a regular Pierce Transit bus.
SHUTTLE operates oversized vans, all of which are wheelchair accessible.
If a SHUTTLE van is not available, we may transport you in a contracted vehicle, such as a taxi.
www.piercetransit.org /shuttle.htm   (471 words)

  
 The Space Shuttle   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Space Shuttle is a reusable rocket-launched vehicle designed to transport people and cargo between Earth and orbiting spacecraft, and then to return to the Earth's surface by gliding down and landing on a runway.
The Shuttle was selected in the early 1970s as the principal space launcher and carrier vehicle to be developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
An assembled Space Shuttle is approximately 184 feet (56 meters) long, 76 feet (23 meters) high to the tip of the orbiter’s vertical tail, and 78 feet (24 meters) wide, measuring across the orbiter’s wingtips.
kosmoi.com /Space/Shuttle   (1030 words)

  
 Spaceflight Now | STS-107 | Mission Status Center
Shuttle program manager Ronald Dittemore told reporters Wednesday they were, in effect, mistaken if they assumed from previous briefings the Columbia disaster investigation was focused primarily on the possibility foam debris from the ship's external tank triggered the orbiter's destruction during entry Saturday.
Engineers studying data from the shuttle Columbia before it broke apart Saturday say temperature readings in the ship's left-side landing gear wheel well may be indicating a catastrophic "burn through" in a different part of the wing, not the wheel well itself.
NASA engineers are studying telemetry from the shuttle that indicates a sudden increase in temperature inside the left wing's main landing gear wheel well in the moments before the shuttle's destruction.
spaceflightnow.com /shuttle/sts107/status.html   (3105 words)

  
 Shuttle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A public transport system operating at frequent intervals on a short route, such as a bus, train, or air shuttle, or a hybrid vehicle for hire service that combines features of a bus and a taxi.
Also, the vehicle or route of the shuttle.
Le Shuttle, the car carrying trains used in the Channel Tunnel
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shuttle   (158 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Space shuttle Discovery will take off this week on NASA's historic 100th shuttle flight
Shuttle Discovery waits on pad 39A for the October 5th launch of the 100th shuttle mission, STS-92.
Shuttle main engines now sport combustion chambers and nozzles that feature individual welds that can fail, triggering potentially deadly fuel leaks in flight.
Together, the shuttle upgrades are expected to reduce the odds of a catastrophic failure in flight from 1 in 438 today to 1 in 735 by the year 2005.
www.space.com /missionlaunches/missions/sts92_longhaul_001002.html   (1330 words)

  
 Shuttle
The orbiter would be equipped with a two-position deployable nozzle, with expansion ratios of 58:1 for the low altitude portion of the ascent, and 120:1 with the extension deployed for the vacuum portion of the flight to orbit.
Since the peak funding to develop a two-stage-to-orbit shuttle as defined in Phase B studies would be $2 billion, this meant that development of a fully reusable shuttle would not be possible.
Shuttle thermal protection system tiles are tested mounted of F-15 and F-104 aircraft at speeds of up to Mach 1.4 and dynamic pressures of 470 N / sq m.
www.astronautix.com /lvs/shuttle.htm   (8437 words)

  
 CNN.com - Remains thought to be from Columbia crew - Feb. 1, 2003
Shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore said the first indication of trouble was loss of temperature sensors on the left wing.
A NASA official said the shuttle's altitude made it "highly unlikely" that it was a victim of a terrorist act.
It rejoined the shuttle fleet in February 2001 and flew its first mission after the upgrades in March 2002.
www.cnn.com /2003/TECH/space/02/01/shuttle.columbia/index.html   (1031 words)

  
 Space Shuttle Spinoffs
Automotive Insulation- Materials from the Space Shuttle thermal protection system are used on NASCAR racing cars to protect drivers from the extreme heat generated by the engines.
Space Shuttle heat shield tiles offer jewelers a safer soldering base with temperature resistance far beyond the 1,400 degrees Fahrenheit generated by the jeweler's torch.
A flare device, using leftover fuel donated by NASA, is placed next to the uncovered land mine and is ignited from a safe distance using a battery-triggered electric match.
www.sti.nasa.gov /tto/shuttle.htm   (865 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Seven die in shuttle disaster
Shuttle programme manager Ron Dittemore told a news conference Nasa could not yet say what caused the break-up of Columbia.
Nasa said the shuttle was about 200,000 feet up and travelling at 12,500 mph (20,000 km/h) at the time.
In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off with the loss of all seven crew on board.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/2717199.stm   (773 words)

  
 StarChild: The Space Shuttle
The temperature of the Shuttle belly is over 1,200 degrees Celsius.
The Shuttle has a huge payload bay in which cargo, such as a space probe, is carried into space.
The Space Shuttle is a vehicle which takes off like a rocket, orbits like a spacecraft, and lands like a _______.
starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/StarChild/space_level1/shuttle.html   (237 words)

  
 An Interview with Shuttle :: SilentPCReview.com
Shuttle is a name almost totally associated with Small Form Factor computers these days.
Shuttle was just one of many motherboard makers only a few short years ago.
Today, Shuttle produces umpteen variants of SFF barebones and full PCs, some of which are pretty quiet machines positively reviewed here at SPCR: Shuttle XPC ST61G4 and Shuttle Zen.
www.silentpcreview.com /article195-page1.html   (1687 words)

  
 space shuttle on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Missions of the space shuttle have included the transport of the Spacelab scientific workshop (see space exploration) and the insertion into orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope (1990), the Galileo space probe (1989), the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (1999), and a wide variety of communications, weather, scientific, and defense-related satellites.
It was also in 1995 that the crew of Atlantis accomplished the first of nine shuttle- Mir (Russian space station) docking maneuvers and crew transfers, which were designed to pave the way for the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS).
Lani McCool places a lei around a statue of her husband, Willie McCool, at the unveiling of the statue in Lubbock,Texas, on May 7, 2005.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/s1/spaceshu.asp   (1050 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How Space Shuttles Work"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In this article, we examine the monumental technology behind America's shuttle program, the mission it was designed to carry out, and the extraordinary efforts that NASA has done to return the shuttle to flight.
Future shuttle missions have been grounded until the mystery is solved.
However according to the NASA Web site, the crew members assigned to the Atlantis space shuttle continue to prepare for their mission by testing various safety procedures and new equipment.
www.howstuffworks.com /space-shuttle.htm   (180 words)

  
 Challenger Accident
Feyman Online "After the Challenger shuttle, and its crew, was destroyed in a fiery, catastrophic explosion in 1986, NASA appointed certain individuals to be part of a committee that was to find the cause of the disaster.
Appendix to the Roger's Commission Report on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident by R. Feynman from Middle of Nowhere "It appears that there are enormous differences of opinion as to the probability of a failure with loss of vehicle and of human life.
The records of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident in the custody of the National Archives exist in several media - the electronic records (i.e., the computer-readable datasets) are in the custody of the Center for Electronic Records.
www.fas.org /spp/51L.html   (3783 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Shuttle launch delayed
The shuttle's seven astronauts had arrived at the launch pad earlier in the day under a drizzle and began boarding the spacecraft for what had been planned as the first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster two and a half years ago.
Yesterday in an embarrassing setback for Nasa, a temporary window cover fell off the shuttle while it was on the launch pad and damaged thermal tiles near the tail.
The covers are used to protect the windows while the shuttle is on the launch pad, then removed before liftoff.
www.guardian.co.uk /space/article/0,14493,1527907,00.html   (567 words)

  
 CNN.com - Space - Shuttle embarks on mission to outfit space station - September 8, 2000
The narrow window was to allow the shuttle to conserve its limited fuel supply, some of which will be used to boost the orbit of the station, currently more than 200 miles (320 km) above Earth.
They will move 2.5 tons of supplies from the shuttle and a Russian cargo ship already docked to the station, including a toilet for the first long-term residents, expected to arrive in early November.
During their spacewalk Lu and Malenchenko should move as far away as 110 feet (34 m) from the shuttle, the farthest anyone has floated with tethers from a shuttle.
archives.cnn.com /2000/TECH/space/09/08/shuttle.02   (495 words)

  
 Broken Kode | We’re All Broken Kode » Shuttle
The Shuttle Development Team consists of Chris J Davis, Joen Asmussen, Joshua, Michael Heilemann, Bryan Veloso and myself.
However, with the delay of the Shuttle completion (originally due in May, but now extended to sometime in summer), I felt the need of creating a theme for the WP admin panel.
He has recently joined a development team of a project called Shuttle, which is for a beautification of the Wordpress Administration Panel.
www.brokenkode.com /shuttle   (904 words)

  
 NASA/MSFC/ESSD - Shuttle Lightning Observations   (Site not responding. Last check: )
After this series of Shuttle flights we began to use the payload bay low light level cameras whenever the crewmembers were not using them as part of their normal operations and again some interesting lightning video was collected.
The data obtained from a number of these Shuttle flights has provided design criteria data that has been incorporated in the design of future sensors for lightning detection and location satellites to be flown in the late 1990's.
Since the location of the Shuttle is known from it's orbit and due to the low light level sensitivity of the payload bay TV cameras, the star fields and the airglow of the earth can be observed and it is possible to determine the size of the lightning flashes as they are seen.
wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov /skeets.html   (1955 words)

  
 Zion Transportation system
The Zion Canyon Scenic Drive is by shuttle bus only from early April through the end of October.
The shuttles operate in two loops, one making six stops in the town of Springdale and the other making eight stops at points of interest in the park.
To avoid parking hassles, leave your car in the town of Springdale and ride the town shuttle to the park.
www.nps.gov /zion/trans.htm   (220 words)

  
 Space Shuttle
NASA Shuttle Launches by Vehicle : Information on each orbiter.
Shuttle Operational Data Book : commonly called the "green book," this is a good reference work containing technical data that is updated by the Johnson Space Center.
The Space Shuttle Decision: NASA's Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle (NASA SP-4221) by T.A. Heppenheimer is an excellent historical account of the political decision to build the Shuttle.
www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/shuttlehistory.html   (438 words)

  
 HoustonChronicle.com - NASA: Shuttle flights may take extra time
When shuttle officials meet in Houston next week, they are expected to set a new date for the first shuttle launch since last year's Columbia accident.
A chunk of foam that detached from an external tank and struck Columbia on liftoff was blamed for punching a small hole in the shuttle's wing.
A camera on the boom would provide snapshots of the shuttle, while lasers would measure whether the images are showing a nick, gouge or hole.
www.chron.com /cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/space/2400641   (431 words)

  
 USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) EROS, Sioux Falls, SD   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Approximately 85% of the acquired Shuttle photographs are Earth views, and the remainder of the photographs may include satellite deployments, extravehicular activities and interior Shuttle photographs.
Shuttle Large Format Camera (LFC) images were acquired from the Space Shuttle Challenger Mission on October 5-13, 1984.
Shuttle LFC photographs are distributed by the USGS EDC as digital products only.
edc.usgs.gov /products/aerial/space.html   (804 words)

  
 Space Shuttle Encyclopedia
Space Shuttle Encyclopedia by Walnut Creek CD ROM is an educational title containing a huge amount of reference material on the Space Shuttle.
The pictures and sound samples included on Space Shuttle Encyclopedia are a mixed lot with quality.
Thus Space Shuttle ROM is excellent for anyone with children in school, or the individual with interest in the shuttle program.
www.worldvillage.com /wv/cafe/html/reviews/shuttle.htm   (492 words)

  
 NASA - Kennedy Shuttle Operations
Launch Complex 39, where the Space Shuttle is processed and launched, was originally designed to accommodate Apollo-Saturn V space vehicles.
Space Shuttle operations at Kennedy focus on maintaining each orbiter's health, and meticulously preparing the vehicle, its external tank and Solid Rocket Boosters for upcoming missions.
Space Shuttle Endeavour is fully powered for the first time in nearly two years.
www.nasa.gov /centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/index.html   (463 words)

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