2011年6月30日 · NASA's space shuttle fleet will retire after one final mission on Atlantis, launching July 8. Here are eight surprising facts about NASA shuttles.

2024年12月16日 · space shuttle, partially reusable rocket-launched vehicle designed to go into orbit around Earth, to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft, and to glide to a runway landing on its return to Earth’s surface that was developed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Formally called the Space ...

2024年9月5日 · The Space Shuttle. An idea born in unsettled times becomes a feat of engineering excellence. The most complex machine ever built to bring humans to and from space and eventually construct the next stop on the road to …

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.

2023年6月2日 · The Space Shuttle consists of three major components: the Orbiter which houses the crew; a large External Tank that holds fuel for the main engines; and two Solid Rocket Boosters which provide most of the Shuttle’s lift during the first two minutes of flight.

2018年12月21日 · Here we’re going to share our appreciation and interest in the NASA space shuttles with 26 facts about these vessels to the undiscovered above. After flying 31 missions, with the first being in October 1985, Atlantis had its last scheduled flight in May 2010 to the ISS (International Space Station).

The space shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), began its flight career with Columbia roaring off Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The space shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), began its flight career with Columbia roaring off Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.

2024年1月17日 · The Space Shuttle program, operated by NASA from 1981 to 2011, represented a pivotal era in human space exploration. This iconic program featured the world’s first operational reusable spacecraft, the Space Shuttle, which could launch like a rocket and land like an airplane.