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Learn more about Space Shuttle program in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) NASA's Space Shuttle program is an ongoing endeavor, started in the late 1960s, that has created the world's first partially reusable space launch system, and the first spacecraft capable of carrying large satellites both to and from low Earth orbit. The shuttle program was launched on January 5, 1972, when President Richard M. Nixon announced that NASA would proceed with the development of a reusable low cost space shuttle system. The Space Shuttle consists of four main components; the reuseable orbiter itself, a large expendable external fuel tank, and a pair of reusable solid-fuel booster rockets. www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/sp/space_shuttle_program.html   (3205 words)

Space_Shuttle_program According to the Vision for Space Exploration, use of the Space Shuttle will be focused on completing assembly of the ISS in 2010, after which it will be replaced by the yet-to-be-developed Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV). The Shuttle program was formally launched on January 5, 1972, when President Nixon announced that NASA would proceed with the development of a reusable Space Shuttle system. It was delivered to Kennedy Space Center on March 25, 1979, and was first launched on April 12, 1981—the 20th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's space flight—with a crew of two. www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sp/space_shuttle_program.html   (6123 words)

Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Space Shuttle Endeavour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105) is the fifth and final operational NASA space shuttle to be built. Structural spares from the construction of shuttles Discovery and Atlantis were used in its assembly. Space Shuttle Endeavour has flown 19 flights, spent 206.60 days in space, completed 3,259 orbits, and flown 85,072,077 miles (136,910,237 km) in total, as of February 2003. www.hallencyclopedia.com /Space_Shuttle_Endeavour   (321 words)

Space Shuttle Endeavour Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105), is the fifth and final operational NASA space shuttle to be built. The Space Shuttle Endeavour was briefly shown in the 2003 film The Core. According to NASA, Space Shuttle Endeavour, which will be 18 years old by then, will be decommissioned in 2010, along with Discovery (Atlantis is scheduled for retirement in 2008). www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour   (814 words)

Space Shuttle Article, SpaceShuttle Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) NASA 's Space Shuttle program is an ongoing endeavor, started in thelate 1960s, that has created the world's first partially reusable space launch system, and the first spacecraft capableof carrying large satellites both to and from low Earth orbit. This paperwork results from the fact that, unlike current expendable launch vehicles, the Space Shuttle is manned and has no escape systems to speak of andtherefore any accident which would result in the loss of booster would also result in the loss of the crew which is, of course,unacceptable. The Space Shuttle consists of four main components; the reuseable orbiter itself, a large expendable external fuel tank, and a pair of reusable solid-fuelbooster rockets. www.anoca.org /sts/launch/space_shuttle.html   (3437 words)

Endeavor Space Shuttle Update - Endeavor Space Shuttle Web-Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Sts 112 sts 112 the october 7, 2002 liftoff of the space shuttle atlantis for the mission dedicated as sts 112 occurred without a hitch. The left photograph of the eruption of kliuchevskoi volcano, kamchatka, russia was taken by space shuttle endeavour astronauts during the early hours of the eruption on september 30, 1994. Space shuttle astronauts last week began the first of a planned series of microgravity orbital experiments to test directional solidification of a manganese and bismuth compound to form aligned magnetic composites. www.space-shuttle-resource.info /endeavor-space-shuttle.html   (787 words)

NASA - Space Shuttle Meanwhile, the Space Shuttle Discovery and its crew are home after a 13-day, five million-mile journey in space. The mission, STS-121, succeeded in testing shuttle safety improvements, repairing a rail car on the International Space Station and producing never-before-seen, high-resolution images of the shuttle during and after its July 4th launch. A smooth landing by the Space Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center this morning completed the second return to flight test mission and set the stage to resume assembly of the International Space Station later this summer. www.nasa.gov /mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html   (293 words)

Space shuttle endeavor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Space shuttle endeavor moves Aggregator of Space shuttle endeavor sitesTitle of Space shuttle endeavor The port of the wharf in the space shuttle mounts upon airlock in the bay of the payload. Whereas he watches through the windows the cover of the instrument compartment of orbiter, the pilots of the commander of the shuttle towards the final wharf with international the space station. endeavor.super-spider.com /space-shuttle-endeavor.htm   (201 words)

SPACE.com -- Shuttle Endeavour Safely Returns Home to Florida Shuttle Endeavour approaches to land at the Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 7, 2002. Shuttle Columbia is to fly a 16-day science research mission that includes Israel's first astronaut as a member of the crew. Shuttle Endeavour's next trip into space is now targeted for May 23, when it is to carry into orbit another truss segment, this one outfitted with another of the giant power-creating solar wings. www.space.com /missionlaunches/sts113_land_021207.html   (886 words)

Space Shuttle Readies To Dock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Astronauts on the space shuttle Atlantis prepared to dock with the international space station 225 miles above the Earth to deliver the $1.4 billion science laboratory Destiny. SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - The lab is 28 feet long and 14 feet in diameter and is stuffed into Atlantis' payload bay. After the two crews meet, they will transfer various supplies from the shuttle to the space station, including food, water, computers and some outfitting equipment such as computer hard drives and cables needed to activate Destiny when it is mounted onto Alpha. www.hypography.com /article.cfm?id=29813   (516 words)

ScienceDaily: Mirror, Mirror On The Ball: Shiny Satellite Built With Help Of Students From Around The World To Be ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Space Shuttle Mission Tracks Volcanic Aftermath (February 15, 2000) -- The NASA space shuttle Endeavour, launched this past weekend (Feb. 11), is scheduled to gather information key to the University of Hawaii's research on the aftermath of volcanic eruptions. Space exploration -- Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer space objects and generally anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding space... Militarisation of space -- The militarisation of space1 is the placement and development of weaponry in outer space by the militaries of the... www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2001/11/011127003558.htm   (1676 words)

Air Force Ensures Security For Shuttle The launch of the space shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven to the International Space Station on an eleven-day mission has been delayed at least a day while managers examine a problem with the docking of a Russian Progress supply spacecraft to the station. Endeavor was set to blast off Nov. 29, but was delayed for 24 hours by NASA to solve a docking station problem on the International Space Station where the Shuttle will spend its 11-day mission. Endeavor's flight crew of four will carry a new three-man crew to the orbiting space station and return with the three current crewmembers. www.spacedaily.com /news/shuttle-01m.html   (691 words)

endeavor shuttle space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Mae Jemison, an Alabama native who was a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Endeavor in 1992, almost moved to New York City to be a professional... Jemison was on board the shuttle Endeavor, which launched in September 1992. Knowing that is the wave of the future endeavor shuttle space will provide very healthy revenue streams The greatest strategic advantage that Internet have over shop front endeavor shuttle space walk-in stores, is at the operating costs or considerably less. www.tie-dye-soccer-ball.white-page2006.info /endeavor-shuttle-space.htm   (405 words)

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Space shuttle blasts off The shuttle is carrying a new crew of seven to the International Space Station (ISS). The shuttle is due to reach the ISS on Monday. Endeavour should have blasted off on the 16th shuttle mission in October, but was grounded until November because of cracked fuel lines found throughout the shuttle fleet. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/2507341.stm   (349 words)

EXN.ca | Space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) A new era of space exploration was ushered in Friday morning when the Zarya control module was launched successfully into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russia at 1:40 A.M. Eastern Time. It is the first element of the International Space Station, so named because it will draw on the skills, technology and funding of 16 nations. After that, space officials will continue to test onboard computer systems and docking orientation and capture to prepare for the second component of the station, the American-built Unity node, which will be brought up with the space shuttle Endeavor on December 3rd. www.exn.ca /Stories/1998/11/19/51.asp   (511 words)

Geography 483:  Project 3: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Shuttle Radar Topography Mission DEMs are of higher resolution and higher accuracy than other existing digital elevation models. ETOPO2 is a global DEM which includes all of the earth's landmass and seafloor, with grid spacing at 2 minute intervals (National Geophysical Data Center 2006) or resolution of approximately 3.7 km at the equator (DiBiase 2006). Shuttle Radar topographic data acquired during the 1980's and 1990's has been used by archaeologists throughout the world, and has aided in the identification of medieval road networks in Scotland, sites in the dense jungle of Cambodia (Bridges 1999), and (now non-existent) river drainages during the Han Dynasty in China (Holcomb 1992). www.personal.psu.edu /jhk169/project3   (1775 words)

Information About Space shuttle model, model monogram revell shuttle space, model rocket space shuttle Space Shuttle Glider This NASA Educational Brief provides a hands-on activity for building a model of the Space Shuttle. SPACE SHUTTLE FULL STACK MODEL The Space Shuttle is the only vehicle that can transport people and cargo to and from low Earth orbit. Possessing a commendable space shuttle model can be the highlight of a collection to avid collectors of aviation scale models. www.hot-ruck.com /space-shuttle-model.html   (1511 words)

Buzz with Space Shuttle Endeavor The nosecone of each shuttle is made from a solid piece of carbon to protect it from space debris and from the extreme heat generated upon orbital re-entry. When we talk of the Space Shuttle we think of the glider portion that docks with the Space Station and glides back to Earth when the mission is over. Technically the Space Shuttle means the Orbiter, the External Tank, and the Solid Rocket boosters. www.teamdavinci.com /buzz_shuttle.htm   (880 words)

Endeavor Space Shuttle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Space shuttle Endeavor takes detour to Robins Air Force Base Web posted March 28, 1997 Associated Press ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. DXS, the Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer instruments were flown on the STS-54 mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in January of 1993. Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavor, September 12, 1992, the first woman of color to go into space. www.spacemoose.com /endeavor-space-shuttle.html   (196 words)

Space Shuttle October 2000 - The 100th flight of the space shuttle was delayed because of a misplaced safety pin and concerns with the external tank. To incorporate crew escape modules in the space shuttle requires that the piloting function be removed from the vehicle. President, to prevent another shuttle disaster it is requested that an Executive Order be issued that places a moratorium on space shuttle operations. www.liberty-ca.org /presentations/other/apfn_space_shuttle_safety.htm   (669 words)

CNN Transcript - Special Event: Space Shuttle Endeavor Takes off From Kennedy Space Center - November 30, 2000 The Space Shuttle Endeavor poised in minute and 30 second away from its 15th flight -- the sixth shuttle flight to the international space station. We have booster ignition and lift of the Space Shuttle Endeavor providing power to the station as we continue to build a future in space. Twenty- five seconds into the flight Endeavor's three liquid fuel main engines beginning to throttle back in a three-step fashion to 72 percent of rated of performance. transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0011/30/se.13.html   (1010 words)

The ISS is a Busy Place These Days! Endeavor launched June 5, 2002 carrying the new crew for the ISS, a new base for the station's robotic arm and almost 3 tons of experiments and supplies. Hopefully, when they are through with their three space walks, the arm will be able to move the length of the station on a track that works like a railroad track. Hopefully, when the Mission Specialists are through with their three space walks, the arm will be able to move to all parts of the station on a track that works like a railroad track. www.windows.ucar.edu /headline_universe/iss_update_june.backup_MetaRefresh   (989 words)

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. After completing a space mission, the orbiter is returned to KSC to undergo preparations for its next flight in a sophisticated aircraft-like hangar called the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF). 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)

STS-77 Cameras on the shuttle will record the PAMS satellite as it is deployed and track its movements. At 10:00am on 4/16/96, the shuttle began it's roll from the VAB to Launch Pad 39-B and arrived at 3:30pm (Reference KSC Shuttle Status 4/17/1996). The Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME's) were installed on Endeavour in OPF bay 3 (Reference KSC Shuttle Status 3/13/1996). science.ksc.nasa.gov /shuttle/missions/sts-77/mission-sts-77.html   (879 words)

Information About Why Space Shuttle Was Built   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) For the space shuttle, built with 1970s technology and flown 113 times since 1981, Discovery's mission will serve as the acid test for new... All of the Space Shuttles are built by N.A.S.A. They have four Space Shuttles: Discovery, Endeavor, Columbia, and Atlantis... ...the Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport, Washington, D.C., and became the property of the Smithsonian Institution. www.spacemoose.com /information-about-why-space-shuttle-was-built.html   (259 words)

eBay - space shuttle model, Models, Kits, Historical Memorabilia items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Space Shuttle flying model rocket, nasa, astronaut, sts Space Shuttle Adventure Model kit fun educated NASA Space Shuttle CHALLENGER Model 4526 1982 REVELL NIB search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=space+shuttle+model&...   (493 words)

Time for Kids | News | Print | A New Crew in Space On Monday, a new three-astronaut crew arrived on Space Shuttle Endeavor to replace the old team. This procedure, which NASA calls an orbital ballet, can be very complicated because both the space station and shuttle move at speeds of 360 miles per hour. Part of the new crew's mission is to install the latest piece of the space station's backbone. www.timeforkids.com /TFK/news/printout/0,9187,394840,00.html   (281 words)

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