Space Shuttle Colombia STS-1 Mission 在航天飞机的所有飞行中,只有前两次任务(STS-1与STS-2)使用了白色的推进剂罐(航天飞机的推进剂罐被称之为“航天飞机外部储箱”,即Space Shuttle External Tank,ET),以防止长时间的紫外线照射对储箱的破坏。 Space Shuttle Colombia STS-2 Mission 但洛克希德很快发现这刷的...
The problem began with exceptionally cold weather, which prevented a rubber O-ring on one of the shuttle's solid rocket boosters from maintaining its seal, allowing hot gas to leak and damage the shuttle's external fuel tank and the hardware attaching the booster to the vehicle. The right ...
Known as ET-94, it was NASA's last flight-qualified external tank, but it was never used before the shuttleprogram came to an end. External tanks not only carried propellant for space shuttles' main engines, they were the backbone of the launch system. An orbiter and two solid rocket boo...
Today,NASA announcedit has certified SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon human spaceflight system for crew missions to and from the International Space Station – the first commercial system in history to achieve such designation. Not since the certification of the space shuttle nearly 40 years ago...
The 15-story, rust-colored external tank was the only shuttle component that was not reused. It fed more than 500,000 gallons of fuel — liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen — to the shuttle's main engines during launch. The tank was also the "backbone" of the space shuttle structure. It...
caught it. The telescope was held in the cargo bay. That’s an open place like the back of a pickup truck. The crew worked out i space to make repairs. They wore space suits. They were attached to the shuttle by...
A Space Shuttle External Tank (ET) is the component of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle that contains the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer. During lift-off and ascent it supplies the fuel and oxidizer under pressure to the three space shuttle main engines (SSME) in the orbiter...
(122 ft/37 m long, with a 78-ft/24-m wingspan), two solid-rocket boosters, and a large external fuel tank. As with previous spacecraft, the shuttle was launched from a vertical position. Liftoff thrust was derived from the orbiter's three main liquid-propellant engines and the boosters...
Space Shuttle Vehicles VehicleNameFirst Orbital MissionNotes OV-99Challenger4APR1983Lost shortly after launch on 28JAN1986. 10 missions flown. OV-101Enterprise---Used for approach and landing tests. Not flown in space. OV-102Columbia12APR1981First shuttle to fly in space. ...
EM: Absolutely. So the thing about rockets is that they're all expendable. All rockets that fly today are fully expendable. The space shuttle was an attempt at a reusable rocket, but even the main tank of the space shuttle was ...