Space Shuttle program Space Shuttle program The Challenger flag was an American flag that was in the flight kit of the final Challenger mission. It was sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 514 of Monument, Colorado. Their Scoutmaster was William Tolbert, a major in the United States Air Force assigned to the Space Command. ...more on Wikipedia about "Challenger flag"
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) was convened by NASA to investigate the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003. In addition to determining the cause of the accident, the panel also recommended changes that should be made to increase the safety of future shuttle flights. The CAIB released its final report on August 26, 2003. ...more on Wikipedia about "Columbia Accident Investigation Board"
The Crawler-Transporter is a tracked vehicle used to transport the Saturn V rocket, the Saturn IB rocket during Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, and now the Space Shuttle, from NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building to the launchpad on a Mobile Launcher Platform. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crawler-Transporter"
High-temperature Reusable Surface Insulation (HRSI) is refractory ceramic material used as the basis of the heat shielding of the Space Shuttle. HRSI is refined from sand to form 99.8% (high purity) silica amorphous fibre. Raw HRSI must be combined with a silica-based binding agent & aqua before sintering. ...more on Wikipedia about "HRSI"
The Laser Camera System (LCS) is an instrumentation device developed by Neptec, a Canadian firm, to image in 3D NASA's Space Shuttles while in orbit. The LCS is designed to detect damage to the Thermal Protection System (TPS), which protects the space shuttle during re-entry. Damage to the TPS resulted in the destruction of Space Shuttle Columbia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Laser Camera System"
This is a list of missions flown by space shuttles. As of 2005, only the United States ( ) has flown human spaceflight shuttle missions, in the Space Shuttle program, while the Soviet Union ( ) flew one unmanned flight of the Buran. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of space shuttle missions"
A Mobile Launcher Platform or MLP is a two storey structure currently used as a transportable launch platform for NASA's Space Shuttle. Two MLPs were originally constructed for use in the Project Apollo lunar missions. A third was added in 1990 with the launch of Shuttle Columbia on STS-32. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mobile Launcher Platform"
The Main Propulsion Test Article (MPTA-098) was built by Rockwell International as a testbed for the definitive propulsion and fuel delivery systems for the U.S. Space Shuttle Program. ...more on Wikipedia about "MPTA-098"
The Main Propulsion Test Article ET was built by NASA to be used in conjuction with MPTA-098 for structural tests of the Space Shuttle prior to construction of flyable craft. The MPTA-ET is currently mated to the Space Shuttle Pathfinder mock-up, and two Advanced Solid Rocket Booster casings as a complete shuttle stack. The setup is on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. ...more on Wikipedia about "MPTA-ET"
The Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) is a 50 foot boom terminating in an instrumentation package attached to the Remote Manipulator System of NASA's Space Shuttle spacecraft. ...more on Wikipedia about "Orbital Boom Sensor System"
The Orbital Maneuvering System, or OMS, is a system of rocket engines used on the Space Shuttle for orbital injection and modifying its orbit. It consists of two "packs" at the back of the Shuttle, the large lumps on either side of the vertical stabilizer. Each pack contains a single hydrazine engine with a thrust of 6,000 lbf (27 kN), which can be reused for 100 missions and is capable of 1,000 starts and 15 hours of firing. The OMS pods also contain the rear set of Reaction Control System (RCS) engines as well, which are referred to as the OMS/RCS. ...more on Wikipedia about "Orbital Maneuvering System"
Each NASA space shuttle designation is composed of a prefix and suffix separated by a dash. The prefix for operational shuttles is OV, for Orbiter Vehicle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Orbiter Vehicle Designation"
Personal Egress Air Packs, or PEAPS are devices onboard a Space Shuttle which provide crewmembers approximately six minutes of breathable air in the case of a mishap while the vehicle is still located on the ground. PEAPS do not provide pressurized air, meaning that they are only intended to be used should the air inside the shuttle cabin become unbreathable by way of noxious gases. ...more on Wikipedia about "Personal Egress Air Packs"
The Remote Manipulator System (RMS) on the Space Shuttle, also known as the Canadarm, is an electromechanical arm that maneuvers a payload from the payload bay of the space shuttle orbiter to its deployment position and then releases it. It can also grapple a free-flying payload, maneuver it to the payload bay of the orbiter and berth it in the orbiter. It was first used on the second Space Shuttle mission STS-2, launched November 12, 1981. Since the destruction of Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-107, NASA has outfitted the RMS with the Orbital Boom Sensor System - a boom containing instruments to inspect the exterior of the shuttle for damage to the Thermal Protection System. It is expected the RMS will play this role in all future shuttle missions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Remote Manipulator System"
The Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory is a facility at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory"
The Soviet reusable spacecraft program Buran ("Бура́н" meaning " snowstorm" or " blizzard" in Russian) began in 1976 at TsAGI as a response to the United States Space Shuttle program. Soviet politicians were convinced that the Space Shuttle would be an effective military weapon since the U.S. Department of Defense took part in the project, and could pose a potential threat to the balance of power during the Cold War. The project was the largest and the most expensive in the history of Soviet space exploration. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shuttle Buran"
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 jetliners that NASA uses to transport a space shuttle orbiter. One is a 747-100 model, while the other is a short range 747-100SR. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shuttle Carrier Aircraft"
The Heavy Launcher is an in-line booster, similar to the Magnum Booster proposed in the 1990s. The current reference design uses two 5-segment Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (the Space Shuttle uses 4-segment SRBs) attached to a liquid fueled central booster (based on the space shuttle external tank) which has 5 SSME rocket engines, the same ones used on the Space Shuttle. A different configuration substitutes those with 3 RS-68 engines (used in the Delta IV launcher) for heavier payloads. Without a proposed recovery system for the expensive re-usable SSMEs, it may be decided to use cheaper engines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shuttle Derived Launch Vehicle"
Shuttle SERV was a concept that was never realized, put forward in 1971 by Chrysler Corporation, for NASA Alternate Space Shuttle Concept programme. SERV stands for Single-Stage Earth-Orbital Reusable Vehicle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shuttle SERV"
The Shuttle-C was a proposal to turn the Space Shuttle launch stack into a dedicated non-reusable unmanned cargo launcher. This would use the ETs and SRBs, combined with a cargo module that would attach to Shuttle hardpoints (the bipod, etc) and include the Space Shuttle Main Engines. Various Shuttle-C concepts were investigated between 1984 and 1995 ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Shuttle-C"
Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis ( NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) is one of five NASA space shuttles. It was the fourth operational shuttle built and as of 2005 is one of only three shuttles remaining in the fleet.. ...more on Wikipedia about "Space Shuttle Atlantis"
Space Shuttle Challenger ( NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, after Columbia. Its maiden voyage was on April 4, 1983, and it made eight further round trips to low earth orbit before exploding 73 seconds into the launch of its tenth mission, on January 28, 1986. (For more on the Challenger disaster, see STS-51-L.) It would later be replaced by the space shuttle Endeavour, which would be launched six years after the 51-L disaster. ...more on Wikipedia about "Space Shuttle Challenger"
(Space Shuttle Challenger disaster)
Space Shuttle Columbia ( NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first space shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet. Its first mission, STS-1, lasted from April 12 to April 14, 1981. On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated during re-entry on its 28th mission; all seven crew members aboard were killed (see Space Shuttle Columbia disaster). ...more on Wikipedia about "Space Shuttle Columbia"
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. The entire seven-member crew died. Many vehicle fragments and some human remains were recovered after a massive ground search that incurred two additional fatalities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Space Shuttle Columbia disaster"
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia . Direct links to the original articles are in the text.
If you use exact copy or modified of this article you should preserve above paragraph and put also : It uses material from
the Shortopedia article about "Space Shuttle program".
| MAIN PAGE | MAIN INDEX | CONTACT US |