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	Space Shuttle - MSN Encarta
		The space shuttle was initially used to deploy satellites in orbit; to carry scientific experiments such as Spacelab, a modular arrangement of experiments installed in the shuttle's cargo bay; and to carry out military missions.
		The space shuttle carries a wide range of equipment, known as the payload, into space, ranging from communication, military, and astronomical satellites; space experiments for studying the apparent weightlessness (called microgravity) experienced aboard a shuttle flight; and human experimental facilities.
		The space shuttle is designed to leave Earth as a vertically launched rocket weighing up to 2.0 million kg (4.5 million lb) with 3 million kg (7 million lb) of thrust from its multiple propulsion systems.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761580679 (1520 words)

	Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Columbia, Columbia Space Shuttle at SPACE.com
		The NASA Space Shuttle program, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), has been the United States’ official means of launching man into outer space for the purpose of exploration since its inception in the late 1960’s by President Richard Nixon.
		The final design of the space shuttle, which is still used today, was designed to carry between five and seven astronauts, and was to be used for approximately 100 launches, or 10 years by the program.
		The first completed, fully functional NASA space shuttle was the Columbia, which made her debut at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 25, 1979.
	www.space.com /space-shuttle (375 words)

	Space Shuttle program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 three main components: the reusable Orbiter itself, a large, brown, expendable external fuel tank, and a pair of white, reusable solid-fuel booster rockets.
		This paperwork results from the fact that, unlike current expendable launch vehicles, the Space Shuttle is manned and has no escape systems mode for most of the flight regime, and therefore any accident which would result in the loss of a booster would also result in the loss of the crew.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_shuttle (5530 words)

	Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster was the disintegration of the Space Shuttle Columbia over Texas on February 1, 2003, during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere on its 28th mission, STS-107.
		NASA Space Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore reported that "The first indication was loss of temperature sensors and hydraulic systems on the left wing.
		The expansion of International Space Station was also delayed, as the space shuttles were the delivery vehicle for station modules.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster (2998 words)

	Space Shuttle Enterprise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Space Shuttle Enterprise (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first shuttle built for NASA.
		It was intended to be the second space shuttle to fly after the Space Shuttle Columbia even though Enterprise was built first; however, it was found to be cheaper to refit a test article (STA-099) into the Space Shuttle Challenger.
		In 2003, after the breakup of the Shuttle Columbia during re-entry, a fiberglass panel from Enterprise's wing was removed to undergo testing [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise (988 words)

	Space Shuttle Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Space Shuttle Columbia (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first space shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet.
		Hot ionized gases, called plasma, entered the interior of the wing, destroying the support structure and causing the rest of the shuttle to break apart during the intense heat of re-entry.
		Shuttle destroyed during re-entry on February 1, 2003 and all seven astronauts on board killed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia (661 words)

	Learn more about Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		STS-107 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia.
		The entire seven member crew was killed on February 1, 2003, when the shuttle disintegrated over Texas during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.This was the second total loss of a Space Shuttle, the first being Challenger.
		NASA's Space Shuttle Program Manager, Ron Dittemore, reported that "The first indication was loss of temperature sensors and hydraulic systems on the left wing.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/sp/space_shuttle_columbia_disaster.html (1606 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)

	Space Shuttle
		Shuttle Operations supports the launch of NASA missions and is the primary program in which efficiencies have been implemented thereby significantly reducing the operational cost of flying the Space Shuttle.
		Space Shuttle functional workforce reviews initiated in early FY 1995 are specifically examining the Space Shuttle's total workforce, in detail, to identify areas where changes to Space Shuttle program requirements, plans or operations approach can lead to cost savings while safely supporting seven flights per year.
		Space Shuttle operations are manifested at a planned rate of seven flights per year from FY 1995 through FY 2000.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/budget/fy96/hsf_3.html (8270 words)

	AllRefer.com - space shuttle (Space Exploration) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shuttle flights were suspended until Sept., 1988, while design problems were corrected, and then resumed on a more conservative schedule; NASA was forced to reemphasize expendable rockets to reduce the cost of placing payloads in space.
		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 is believed that damage to the left wing, which could have been caused by insulation that separated from the external fuel tank during launch, ultimately permitted superheated gas to flow into the wing, weaken it, and cause its failure.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/spaceshu.html (699 words)

	Space Shuttles, Space Shuttle Program Information, Facts, News, Photos -- National Geographic
		While in orbit, the space shuttle circles the planet at some 17,500 miles (28,000 kilometers) an hour, which means that the crew sees a sunrise or sunset every 45 minutes.
		The space shuttle program was suspended in the wake of this accident, and no shuttles were launched for nearly three years.
		The space shuttle program has now flown for over a quarter century, and NASA is already working on the next generation of manned spaceflight vehicles.
	science.nationalgeographic.com /science/space/space-exploration/space-shuttle-program.html (617 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| Space Shuttle Report
		Space shuttle Atlantis launched the outward expansion of the space station's truss backbone with delivery of the S1 segment in October 2002 during a successful 11-day mission that spanned 4.5-million miles.
		Space shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts flew in March 2002 on a highly successful mission to service and extend the scientific reach of the NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
		The crew of space shuttle Discovery carried out a complex four-spacewalk construction mission in October 2000 to mount a truss structure with gyroscopes and communications gear to the international space station and add another docking port.
	www.spaceflightnow.com /shuttle/index.html (1319 words)

	NASM Space Artifacts: Space Shuttle Enterprise
		The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is a test vehicle designed to operate in the atmosphere; it is not equipped for spaceflight.
		The Space Shuttle made its debut in 1981 as the new U.S. launch vehicle for human spaceflight in Earth orbit.
		Five captive flights of Enterprise attached to the 747 were conducted, with the Shuttle unmanned and its systems inert, to assess structural integrity and performance of the mated craft in flight.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/dsh/artifacts/HS-Enterprise.htm (604 words)

	NASA/MSFC/ESSD - Shuttle Lightning Observations (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This aircraft, under contract to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, was used as a test bed to to provide data of the design of a lightweight lightning detection and photographic system that was later flown on the NASA Space Shuttles STS-2, STS-4, and STS-6.
		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.
		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.
	www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov /skeets.html (1955 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.
		Space Shuttle contains a huge discussion from the USENET news group (on the Internet) sci.space.shuttle, a history archive, crew equipment, many mission reports, press releases from NASA, and experimentation information among other topics.
		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)

	Space.com: Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery Space Shuttle
		shuttle Discovery are beginning to use their laser-tipped inspection boom to scan the vital heat-resistant panels along the orbiter’s wing edges and nose cap.
		Shuttle pilot Ken Ham is in control of the shuttle and it and the station fly 213 miles above the southern Pacific Ocean, east of Australia.
		Shuttle pilot Ken Ham will use views from the camera, which is set up inside Discovery’s docking ring, to ensure the shuttle is properly aligned as it backs away from the station today.
	www.space.com /spaceshuttle/index.html (6586 words)

	CBS News Space Place - STS-125 Status Report
		Shuttle program managers today approved a plan to strip away fire bricks from damaged sections of the "flame trench" at launch pad 39A, to erect a steel grid over the exposed concrete back wall and to spray on a thick coating of heat-resistant Fondu Fyre to protect the structure from super-hot shuttle booster exhaust.
		The shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to be hauled to the pad Aug. 29.
		Both shuttle pads were built in the 1960s for the Apollo moon program and engineers are carrying out tests and inspections to assess the health of pad B. "We're evaluating that state of pad B as we speak and if we find anything, we'll take the appropriate action," Becker said.
	www.cbsnews.com /network/news/space/current.html (3589 words)

	StarChild: The Space Shuttle
		Called "the first true aerospace vehicle", the Space Shuttle has the ability to take off like a rocket, orbit the Earth like a spaceship, and land on a runway like an airplane.
		The major components of the Space Shuttle are two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), an external tank, and a winged orbiter.
		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.
	starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/StarChild/space_level2/shuttle.html (507 words)

	Challenger Accident
		On January 28, 1986 America was shocked by the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger, and the death of its seven crew members.
		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)

	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.
		Columbia was lost less than a week after the anniversaries of two other deadly space program disasters -- the 17th anniversary of the explosion of the shuttle Challenger on January 28 and the 36th anniversary of a launchpad fire that killed three Apollo astronauts January 27.
	www.cnn.com /2003/TECH/space/02/01/shuttle.columbia/index.html (1021 words)

	Research and Observation: Space Shuttle Experiments
		The Space Shuttle has been used as a platform for lightning studies from the beginning of the shuttle program, ever since the Night time and daytime Optical Survey of Lightning (NOSL) experiment was flown onboard shuttle missions STS-2, STS-4, and STS-6.
		Shuttle images and animations can be found in Space Shuttle Observations of Lightning - Mesoscale Lightning Experiment.
		Video observations from the space shuttle acquired from 1989 through 1991 provided 17 additional examples to confirm the existence of the sprites phenomenon.
	thunder.msfc.nasa.gov /shuttle.html (821 words)

	Boeing: Integrated Defense Systems - Space Exploration - Space Shuttle - What is the Space Shuttle?
		Building the International Space Station is the world's largest construction project in space, assembling hundreds of tons of hardware from more than 16 participating countries.
		The shuttle acts as the space station's heavy-lift cargo vehicle, having lifted nearly two-thirds of the structure currently in orbit.
		Boeing is committed to keeping the space shuttle operational and flying safely to meet the nation's need for human access to space.
	www.boeing.com /defense-space/space/hsfe_shuttle/what_is.html (452 words)

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