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Space Shuttle Discovery (4724 bytes)
1: {{Space Shuttles}} 2: ...icle Designation]]: OV-103) is a [[NASA]] [[Space Shuttle]]. 4: ... and International Space Station ([[International Space Station|ISS]]) assembly missions. 6: ...covery'']], the spaceship from the film [[2001: A Space Odyssey]]. 11: [[Image:shuttle-discovery.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Rollout of the or... Space Shuttle Atlantis (5572 bytes) 1: {{Space Shuttles}} 2: ...ttle built and [[as of 2004]] is one of the three shuttles remaining in the fleet. 6: ...ater construction of the fifth shuttle, ''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''. 8: [[image:shuttle-atlantis.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Shuttle orbiter ''Atlantis'' landing in 1997]] 11: ...even straight flights to the [[Russia|Russian]] [[space station]] [[Mir]]. On the second Mir flight it de... Space Shuttle Endeavour (3827 bytes) 1: {{Space Shuttles}} 2: ...05) is the fifth and most recent [[NASA]] [[space shuttle]] to be built. 4: ...ace Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]'' and ''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]'' were used in its assembly. 6: ...vered the [[Unity Module]] to the [[International Space Station]]. 11: ...ttle Endeavour on launchpad.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Shuttle Endeavour on launchpad. Photo courtesy of NASA]] Space Shuttle Columbia (7340 bytes) 1: {{Space Shuttles}} 2: ...esignation]]: '''OV-102''') was the first [[space shuttle]] in [[NASA]]'s orbital fleet, first flying missi... 5: [[Image:Shuttle-columbia.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Shuttle Columbia makes its 18th landing. November 5, 1995... 7: ...nch. However, before its first mission, [[List_of_space_disasters#Ground_crew_fatalities|three workers we... 9: ...[Robert Crippen]], a rookie who had never been in space before, but who served as a support crew member f... Space Shuttle Enterprise (9308 bytes) 1: {{Space Shuttles}} 2: ...n launch configuration 20 months before the first Shuttle launch. Photo courtesy of [[NASA]].]] 3: ... for refit to replace ''Challenger'', but [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] was built from spares instead. 5: ... Enterprise has never been fitted for launch into space. 7: [[Image:Space Shuttle Enterprise.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Enterprise banks... Space Shuttle Challenger (3441 bytes) 1: {{Space Shuttles}} 2: ...ent during a mission, the other being the [[Space Shuttle Columbia]]. 5: [[Image:shuttle-challenger.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Challenger's rol... 6: ...Challenger'' flew 10 flights, spent 62.41-days in space, completed 995 orbits, and flew 25,803,940 miles ... 17: First [[spacewalk]] during a space shuttle mission. Space Shuttle program (36566 bytes) 1: [[Image:Shuttle.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NAS... 2: ...paceflight|manned]] [[launch vehicle]]. The Space Shuttle was manufactured by [[North American Rockwell]], ... 4: ...en; it is, however, an important use of the Space Shuttle in the context of the ISS program, as only very s... 6: Each shuttle was designed for a projected lifespan of 100 laun... 10: ...example, further service missions to the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] (HST) are impractical, because the Or... Space Shuttle Pathfinder (1215 bytes) 1: {{Space Shuttles}} 2: [[Image:Space Shuttle Pathfinder.jpg|150px|left|Pathfinder]] 3: ...ow? --> and is presently on display at the [[U.S. Space & Rocket Center]] in [[Huntsville, Alabama]]. 6: * [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/orbiters.html Orbiter Vehicles... 7: ...sa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/pathfinder.html Shuttle Test Article Pathfinder] Space Shuttle external tank (10121 bytes) 1: ...eexternaltank.jpg|thumb|220px|Diagram of '''Space Shuttle External Tank''' showing internal structure]] 2: ...ree [[space shuttle main engine]]s in the [[space shuttle orbiter|orbiter]] during lift-off and ascent. Whe... 5: The ET is the largest element of the space shuttle, and when loaded the heaviest. It is 153.8 [[fee... 10: ...ng data from ground tests and the first few space shuttle missions was assessed, the anti- geyser line was ... 34: ...can open during flight when the [[ullage]] (empty space) pressure of the liquid hydrogen tank reaches 38 ... List of space shuttle missions (24698 bytes) 1: [[Image:Shuttle-columbia.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Columbia'']] 3: ...o.gif|20px| ]]) flew one unmanned flight of the [[Shuttle Buran|''Buran'']]. 5: ==Naming in the US Space Shuttle program== 6: ...digit indicating the launch site (1 was [[Kennedy Space Center]] and 2 was [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]],... 10: ==List of shuttle flights== Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (22824 bytes) 3: ... loss of a Space Shuttle, the first being [[Space Shuttle Challenger|''Challenger'']] (see [[STS-51-L]] for... 7: ...during the first docking with the [[International Space Station]]. 11: ...ce engineering|aerospace engineer]] on her second space mission. 17: ...well-publicized launch delay due to cracks in the shuttle's propellant system occurred one month before a [... 19: ...9 seconds after launch and appeared to strike the shuttle's left wing near [[RCC]] panels 5 through 9. Soo... Space shuttle main engine (12321 bytes) 1: [[Image:SSME1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Space Shuttle Main Engine block]] 2: ...ent, in addition to the two more powerful [[Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster|Solid Rocket Boosters]]. Ea... 4: The Space Shuttle's [[rocket engine]]s are capable of operating at ... 14: [[Image:SSME3.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Space Shuttle Main Engine test firing]] 24: [[Image:SSME2.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Space Shuttle Main Engines undergoing an overhaul in the Vehicl... Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter sim) (431 bytes) 1: ...d distribution]] of [[Orbiter (sim) | Orbiter]] [[space flight simulator]] (a [[closed source]], [[freewa... Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (28958 bytes) 1: ...a launch configuration, two SRBs plus the [[space shuttle main engine]] combine to produce more thrust than... 5: ... launch. They are ignited after the three [[space shuttle main engine]]s' thrust level is verified. The two... 9: ...otal lift-off mass. The [[propellant]] for each [[spacecraft propulsion|solid rocket motor]] weighs appro... 85: ...e main engines and the two SRB nozzles to control shuttle attitude and trajectory during lift- off and asce... 114: ...; the two T-0 umbilicals (one on each side of the spacecraft) are retracted; the onboard master timing un... Shuttle-PB (4983 bytes) 1: {{Infobox Orbitersim Spacecraft|name=Shuttle-PB 2: |pic1_file=Orbiter sim Shuttle-Pb.jpg 3: ...e-PB over [[Habana Spaceport (Orbiter sim)|Habana Spaceport]] 4: |pic2_file=Orbiter sim Shuttle-Pb.jpg 5: ...e-PB over [[Habana Spaceport (Orbiter sim)|Habana Spaceport]] Shuttle-A2 (4074 bytes) 1: ... standard-issue [[Shuttle-A]] for the [[Orbiter]] space flight simulator. The source of the project in ve... 3: The Shuttle was designed primarily for low gravity/low atmosh... 8: ...3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|Shuttle-A 83: Shuttle-A2 is not capable of horizontal take-off and land... 85: ...een a major improvement over the standard-issue [[Shuttle-A]]. Version 1.0 featured: Shuttle (1257 bytes) 1: A '''shuttle''', in general, is something which travels back a... 5: * the [[Space Shuttle]], 6: ...bus and a taxi. Also, the vehicle or route of the shuttle. 7: * [[Le Shuttle]], the car carrying trains used in the [[Channel ... 8: * a [[shuttlecock]], the object batted back and forth in [[badm... Shuttle-A (6494 bytes) 2: ...3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|Shuttle-A 4: |colspan="3" align="center"|[[Image:Shuttle A.jpg|294px|]] 76: !bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="3"|Origional Shuttle-A (lifting off) 78: |colspan="3" align="center"|[[Image:Shuttle A old.jpg|294px|]] 81: ...e technologies beyond the reach of the modern aerospace industry its propolusion system has a very low fu... Shuttle tanker (851 bytes) 1: A '''shuttle tanker''' is a ship designed for oil transport fr... 3: Shuttle tankers initially started operating in the [[Nort... Shuttle by United (3740 bytes) 1: ...t Coast of the United States]]. It provided [[air shuttle]] service between [[San Francisco International A... 9: ... In the late 1990s the name was changed to United Shuttle. 11: ...ate staffing. In [[2000]], two out of every three shuttle flights between SFO and LAX were delayed or cance... 13: ...rialized to justify the separate operation of the Shuttle, and it was folded back into mainline United. 15: ...red [[bankruptcy]] and hinted at a revival of the Shuttle. Instead, it created a leisure destination carrie...
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