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The space shuttle, the most complex machine ever built, is the only spacecraft with its robust capacity. The shuttle's capacity enables humans today to build the world's largest orbiting... More »
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Much more than 20,000 miles per hour. I stopped counting. That's part of the job of the rocket. 1) get the shuttle high, And 2) get the shuttle going fast. On tv, they show the speed of the shuttle increasing during liftoff. It's going more...
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Q. How fast does a Space Shuttle travel? What is its altitude? How much fuel does it use? ... A. A launch window is the precise period of time, ranging from minutes to hours, within which a launch must occur for a rocket or Space Shuttle to be positioned in the proper orbit.
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science.ksc.nasa.gov/pao/faq/faqanswers.htm
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Space Shuttle and Internation Space Station ... ; Q. Can I apply to take a ride on the Space Shuttle? Can I be the first kid in Space? ; Q. How fast does a Shuttle travel? What is its altitude? How much fuel does it use? ; Q. Can the Space Shuttle fly to the Moon?
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www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/information/shuttle_faq.html
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The Shuttle travels about 5 miles per second give or take, which is 26,000 feet per second. A bullet exits a gun at something like a few thousand feet per second, so the Shuttle travels about 10 times faster than a bullet.
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www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/ask/a10732.html
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Even at an altitude of 200 kilometers, the Space Shuttle is still inside the outer reaches of the Earth's atmosphere. To really leave the atmosphere it probably has to get to a distance of 27,000 miles near the 'geosynchronous' limit is reached where it orbits once every 24 hours.
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The space shuttle was developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, more commonly known as NASA. The vehicle consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external fuel tank. As with previous spacecraft, the shuttle is launched from a vertical position.
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hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/InnaSokolyanskaya1.shtml
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You can compare that to the average airplane which tops out at around 500 mph, and supersonic planes can maybe reach 2000 mph, so the space shuttles are 7-8 times faster than the fastest regular planes.
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www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy99/phy99227.htm
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There are 6 specially trained astronauts needed for a successful journey to space. Astronauts spend a lot of time training ... The space shuttle can travel really fast! ... The space shuttle is very important to N.A.S.A and the U. S. It goes into space for the space station, satellite repairs, and to do many more things.
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