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	Space Shuttle Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shuttle destroyed during re-entry on February 1, 2003 and all seven astronauts on board killed.
		In an episode of Cowboy Bebop, the space shuttle Columbia was used to rescue a character from a disabled space vehicle in a decaying orbit around Earth.
		NVAR and TXAR Infrasound of Explosion of Space Shuttle Columbia
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia (1819 words)

	SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER SYSTEMS
		These materials perform in temperature ranges from minus 250 F in the cold soak of space to entry temperatures that reach nearly 3,000 F. The TPS also sustains the forces induced by deflections of the orbiter airframe as it responds to the various external environments.
		Orbiter interior temperatures also are controlled by internal insulation, heaters and purging techniques in the various phases of the mission.
		Generally, the HRSI tiles are thicker at the forward areas of the orbiter and thinner toward the aft end.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/library/report/1988/sts_sys.html (3167 words)

	Space Shuttle Orbiter Kit (CJ001)
		The space shuttle, as the name implies, is a linear between the Earth and space and is often called "space ferry"...
		Particulars of Orbiter The Orbiter, which is the most important constituent of the space shuttle, is a spaceship shaped like a stocky passenger plane with a delta wing.
		The fuselage of the orbiter is partitioned into the cockpit and crew compartment in front, payload compartment at the center for carrying cargo, and engine room at the rear.
	www.hobbytimeny.com /IBS/SimpleCat/product/ASP/product-id/619058.html (650 words)

	Space Shuttle Discovery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Space Shuttle Discovery is rolled out to the pad, for mission STS-121.
		Space Shuttle Discovery (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of three remaining spacecraft in the space shuttle fleet belonging to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
		At first, the space shuttle Atlantis was selected for this mission, but after the external tank foam loss issues with STS-114, the launch was delayed to July 2006, enabling NASA to select Discovery for STS-121.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery (1331 words)

	The Space Shuttle Orbiter
		The space shuttle is the world's first reusable spacecraft, and the first spacecraft in history that can carry large satellites both to and from orbit.
		Columbia was the first space shuttle orbiter to be delivered to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., in March 1979.
		In managing and operating the space shuttle, NASA holds the safety of the crew as its highest priority.
	www.spaceprogram.co.uk /shuttle/orbiter.html (512 words)

	Interactive Space Shuttle: The Orbiter
		The orbiter is both the brains and the heart of the shuttle system.
		The airlock, which used to be located inside the crew cabin on earlier shuttles, is now located in the cargo bay and connected to the cabin by a tunnel.
		Crucial to the space shuttle getting into orbit are its three liquid-fuel powered main engines, which provide the necessary thrust after the twin solid-fuel rocket boosters have spent their fuel and separated from the shuttle.
	www.space.com /news/spaceshuttles/interactive_sts_orbiter.html (1250 words)

	Orbiter - A free space flight simulator
		Orbiter is free - but if you like it, you can appreciate the work that has gone into creating it by making a donation.
		ORBITER is a free flight simulator that goes beyond the confines of Earth's atmosphere.
		Launch the Space Shuttle from Kennedy Space Center to deploy a satellite, rendezvous with the International Space Station or take the futuristic Delta-glider for a tour through the solar system - the choice is yours.
	orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk /orbit.html (544 words)

	Space Shuttle Computers
		Everyone is familiar with the problem of space junk, but the ongoing battle with pollution inside the avionics of the space shuttle is little known.
		During the original development of the space shuttle avionics system, designers of the fault tolerant flight control system were concerned about the potential for faulty data being generated by one computer being passed on to healthy computers, causing the recipients to fail.
		A case study is then presented of the analysis of failure data from a Space Shuttle software project to predict the number of failures likely during a mission, and the subsequent verification of these predictions.
	klabs.org /DEI/Processor/shuttle (4665 words)

	Spaceflight :Space Shuttle
		Shuttle payloads may reside in a shirtsleeve (pressurized) environment inside the middeck of the orbiter's crew compartment or in the unpressurized environment of the payload bay.
		The first orbiter was named Enterprise and was used only as a test vehicle during the critical approach and landing tests.
		The Shuttle is enormously expensive to fly and has been unable to deliver on its promise of routine access to space.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/SPACEFLIGHT/Shuttle/SP25.htm (2010 words)

	Shuttle-Mir History/Spacecraft/Space Shuttle Orbiter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		NASA's space shuttle orbiters are the first spacecraft capable of routinely launching into orbit like rockets and then returning to Earth as gliders.
		During the Shuttle-Mir Program, the shuttles' space access capabilities were combined with the Mir space station's long-duration spaceflight qualities to create a new and effective combination.
		The space shuttle system is composed of several large components: the orbiter, three main engines, the external tank, and two solid rocket boosters.
	spaceflight.nasa.gov /history/shuttle-mir/spacecraft/to-s-orb.htm (190 words)

	Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise (OV-101)
		For all of the captive flights and the first three free flights, the orbiter was outfitted with a tail cone covering its aft section to reduce aerodynamic drag and turbulence.
		On March 13, 1978, the Enterprise was ferried atop the SCA to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, where it was mated with the external tank and solid rocket boosters and subjected to a series of vertical ground vibration tests.
		Following in the Enterprise's, the orbiter Columbia was created and it became the first Space Shuttle to fly into Earth orbit in 1981.
	science.ksc.nasa.gov /shuttle/resources/orbiters/enterprise.html (1099 words)

	Space Shuttle Orbiter
		It consisted of three primary elements: (1) a delta-winged orbiter spacecraft with a large crew compartment, a 15 by 60-foot (4.6 by 18-meter) cargo bay, and three main engines; (2) two solid rocket boosters (SRBs); and (3) an external fuel tank housing the liquid hydrogen and oxidizer burned in the main engines.
		Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1), and the Space Shuttle Program would make their maden voyage on March 1981.
		I know I see the shuttle as pretty much a fl and white orbiter vehicle, but one of my "liberal" friends thinks all things in life are more like various shades of gray.
	www.lostbattalions.com /german33-45/Shuttle.html (564 words)

	President Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle
		Views of the Earth from space have shown us how small and fragile our home planet truly is. We are learning the imperatives of universal brotherhood and global ecology learning to think and act as guardians of one tiny blue and green island in the trackless oceans of the Universe.
		As indicated in the President's statement, the studies by NASA and the aerospace industry of the Space Shuttle have now reached the point where the decision can be made to proceed into actual development of the Space Shuttle vehicle.
		There are four main reasons why the Space Shuttle is important and is the right step in manned space flight and the US space program.
	history.nasa.gov /stsnixon.htm (1383 words)

	Boeing: Integrated Defense Systems - Space Exploration - Space Shuttle
		Boeing is the major subcontractor to United Space Alliance, NASA's prime contractor for Space Shuttle operations.
		As such, Boeing's Space Exploration has performed design engineering and support for the Space Shuttle fleet since the first flight in 1981.
		In addition to supporting the Space Shuttle, Boeing continues to play many roles integral to NASA's human space flight program.
	www.boeing.com /defense-space/space/hsfe_shuttle/index.html (257 words)

	Space Shuttle Orbiter Desktop Replicas
		The Space Shuttle orbiter is the world's first reusable spacecraft, and the first vehicle in history that can carry large satellites both to and from orbit.
		The orbiter launches like a rocket, maneuvers in Earth orbit like a spacecraft and lands like an airplane.
		The small (1/200 scale) orbiter measures 7 inches long (priced at $59.95); medium (1/144 scale) is 10 inches long ($84.95); and the large (1/100) model is 14.5 inches from nose to tail ($119.95).
	www.countdowncreations.com /replshutorb.htm (138 words)

	Spacecraft - Space Shuttle
		The Space Shuttle Orbiter is a wide-body, delta-winged airplane and space vehicle.
		The Orbiter is propelled by 49 rocket engines employed in various combinations for liftoff, attitude control in space, and for initiating reentry.
		The Space Shuttle Orbiter is designed to deploy and/or retrieve payloads utilising the 18.3 x 4.57 m cargo bay, permiting in flight servicing or Earth return.
	www.braeunig.us /space/specs/orbiter.htm (1385 words)

	The Space Shuttle
		But the second Space Shuttle disaster, seventeen years after the first, has reminded us once again of man’s mortality and that there is nothing routine about leaving the confines of one’s terrestrial roots to travel into the cosmos.
		Though the Space Shuttle is unnamed, it is again probably scenes taken on the November 8, 1984 flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
		In Secrets of Space, a 3 reel set numbered 34032, a 1999 release, made in collaboration with the Discovery Channel, Reel B is devoted entirely to the Space Shuttles, featuring images of an Endeavour launch, Payload work-a-day tasks, Shuttle eye’s view of the Hubbel Space Telescope, and Endeavour touchdown.
	www.3dstereo.com /ezine/shuttle.html (1897 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center - Landing the Space Shuttle Orbiter at KSC
		Orbiter Discovery lowers its nose wheel after touching down on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility, successfully completing mission STS-95, which lasted nearly nine days and 3.6 million miles.
		As the processing and launch site of the Space Shuttle, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida is also the preferred end-of-mission landing site for the Shuttle orbiter.
		A KSC landing also eliminates the necessity of exposing the orbiter, a national resource, to the uncertainties and potential dangers of a cross-country ferry trip atop one of NASA’s two modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
	www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov /kscpao/nasafact/landing.htm (257 words)

	Orbiter Space Shuttle - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review
		A beautiful edition to the desk of any space fan, this quality Daron model is a 1/100th scale replica of the orbiter with a 9 1/4 inch wingspan.
		A beautiful addition to the desk of any space fan, this quality Daron model is a 1/200th scale replica of the orbiter with a 4 1/2 inch wingspan.
		A beautiful edition to the desk of any space fan, this quality Daron model is a 1/144th scale replica of the orbiter with a 6 1/2 inch wingspan.
	www.nextag.com /orbiter-space-shuttle/search-html (324 words)

	Lovaura.com Space Memorabilia - Space Shuttle.
		Commemorating the Space Shuttle Flight Readiness Firing of OV-102 Columbia when all the Shuttle main engines were fired in a simulated launch test.
		Commemorating the Space Shuttle Orbiter simulator practice of the Mate - Demate procedure of the Shuttle Orbiter to the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
		Each cover is individually serial numbered, certified as having been flown in space on the Space Shuttle Challenger STS-8 mission, exhibits the mission emblem, NASA commemorative postal stamps and franked by NASA on the launch and landing dates.
	www.lovaura.com /sts.htm (4143 words)

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		(orbiter, two solid rocket boosters, and the external tank on the outside) 3.
		Students will be able to write a description of what the shuttle can do and give an example of a project the shuttle has done in space to date.
		Space shuttle operators manual for lists of acronyms - one per student.
	www.col-ed.org /cur/sci/sci116.txt (157 words)

	NASA - Space Shuttle
		Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters described the effects that the Kennedy Space Center could receive from Ernesto if the current track and strength holds, predicting tropical storm force winds Wednesday morning and hurricane force winds by 5 p.m.
		With this mission, NASA is ready to get back to building the International Space Station, marking the first time in almost four years that a space station component has been added to the orbiting outpost.
		Tuesday's scheduled launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on its STS-115 mission to the International Space Station is being postponed because of Tropical Storm Ernesto.
	www.nasa.gov /mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html (582 words)

	eBay - space shuttle orbiter, Models, Kits, Building Toys items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		ORBITER SPACE SHUTTLE SIM, by Spectrum Holobyte -ATARI
		Space Shuttle ORBITER Model Kit 1/200 HASEGAWA, Japan
		NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia (OV-102) DRW 55264
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=space+shuttle+orbiter&... (329 words)

	GEM DMS Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The reduction in space exploration budgets and the planned service-life extension of the space shuttle/orbiter increased the importance of a proactive approach to addressing DMS issues.
		Manned space systems, such as the space shuttle/orbiter, require large capital investment and are designed for long life with systems reliability being a paramount concern.
		The significant achievement for the space/shuttle orbiter program illustrates the close teamwork that was experienced within Rockwell, with IC manufacturers, and among Government agencies focused on reducing costs and extending the service life the space shuttle program.
	www.csl.sri.com /papers/d/m/dms_paper/dms_paper.html (2729 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.
		Situated on the edge of Florida's east coast, Kennedy Space Center is the only facility in the world that launches the space shuttle.
		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.
	www.nasa.gov /centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/index.html (409 words)

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