The 154-foot-long external fuel tank was the backbone of the shuttle during launch and was always discarded after use. The external tank’s distinctive orange color, an iconic feature of the Space Shuttle program, comes from its spray-on foam insulation. The first two tanks, used for STS-...
The 154-foot-long (47-meters) external tank, one of the shuttle program's original test articles that for years wasdisplayed at Kennedy's visitor complex, departed the spaceport for the Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum at the Keystone Heights Airport in Starke, Fla., about an hour southeast ...
City dignitaries, California Science Center leadership and supervisors of the ET-94 transport crew assemble near the base of the huge fuel tank. (Image credit: Rod Pyle/Space.com) "The shuttle was such a big deal when I was growing up; seeing shuttles launch was a big part of my childhoo...
NASA plans space shuttle launch today: Decision comes despite cracked foam on exterior fuel tankMike Schneider
A full-size mockup of the space shuttle orbiter that was built as a contractor's showcase model before NASA decided on the spacecraft's final design is heading back on display after more than 25 years in storage. For the past decade, the City of Downey in California has worked onplans...
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The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) are the pair of large solid rockets used by the space shuttle during the first two minutes of powered flight. They are located on either side of the orange external propellant tank. Each SRB produces 1.8 times more liftoff thrust than one F-1...
space shuttle, composed of a winged orbiter, an external liquid-propellant tank, and two solid-fuel rocket boosters.(more) 2 of 2 space shuttleDiagram of a space shuttle.(more) The U.S. space shuttle consisted of three major components: a winged orbiter that carried both crew and cargo; ...
Program. NASA astronautsBob BehnkenandDoug Hurleywill be the first two NASA astronauts to fly onboard the Dragon spacecraft as part of the Demo-2 mission to and from the International Space Station, which will return human spaceflight to the United States since the Space Shuttle was retired in...
There is no mistaking the shape and size of the solid rocket boosters that lifted each orbiter and bright orange fuel tank off the Space Shuttle launch pads. As I walked through the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, a replica of these towering icons beckoned the way to Space Shuttle Atlan...