Chi ha progettato lo Space Shuttle?
Chi ha progettato lo Space Shuttle?
| Space Shuttle | |
|---|---|
| Funzione | Navetta con equipaggio Navetta parzialmente riutilizzabile |
| Produttore | United Space Alliance Alliant Techsystems Thiokol Lockheed Martin Boeing Rockwell International |
| Nazione di origine | Stati Uniti |
| Costo per lancio | da 450 milioni a 1.5 miliardi di dollari (2011) |
Come sono morti gli astronauti del Columbia?
La causa dell'incidente fu un guasto a una guarnizione, un O-ring, nel segmento inferiore del razzo a propellente solido (Solid-fuel Rocket Booster, SRB) destro.
What is the Space Shuttle?
- The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system that was operated from 19 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.
What is the Space Shuttle fleet leader program?
- The Space Shuttle Fleet Leader Program simulated the mission duty flights of the orbital maneuvering subsystem shuttle engines to foresee any anomalies prior to actual flights. Numerous full‐scale propulsion systems for the space shuttle orbiter were developed and qualified through exhaustive simulated mission duty cycle testing.
What was the Shuttle-Mir Program?
- The Shuttle–Mir program was a collaborative 11-mission space program between Russia and the United States that involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying on the Shuttle, and an American astronaut flying aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to engage in long-duration expeditions aboard Mir .
What was the shuttle originally billed as?
- The Shuttle was originally billed as a space vehicle that would be able to launch once a week and give low launch costs through amortization. Development costs were expected to be recouped through frequent access to space.
