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The first flight-ready ET was delivered to NASA on June 29, 1979. The first six ET’s delivered to NASA were called the Standard Weight Tank (SWT), with each tank weighing 75,500 pounds. SWT’s were flown on Space Shuttle Missions STS-1 through STS-5 and STS-7. During Space Shuttle Missions STS-1 and STS-2, the ET’s were painted white.
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official name, Space Transportation System ( STS ), was taken from a 1969 plan for a system of ...
The Space Shuttle was the world’s first reusable space vehicle. The orbiter, its 3 main engines, and twin solid rocket boosters could be refurbished and flown again. More than 800 astronauts rode on 135 shuttle missions from 1981 to 2011. Fourteen perished during two tragic accidents in 1986 and 2003. The shuttle launched numerous space ...
Aug 17, 2022 · Although the STA had been flying with its nose gear up, the astronauts simulated having the shuttle nose gear deployed. At 300 feet, the IP lowered the STA’s real nose gear for safety. When the astronaut’s eyes were 32 feet above the runway (the height of a real shuttle cockpit), a light came on to indicate that a simulated touchdown had ...
Jan 18, 2018 · Flak-Bait ’s crew poses with the bomber after its 200th mission on April 17, 1945. The most authoritative source would seem to be the combat mission reports of the 322nd Bombardment Group (BG), Flak-Bait ’s parent organization during its 21 months of combat operations. These records show that Flak-Bait was assigned to fly on 216 missions.
Feb 5, 2003 · February 5, 2003 at 10:20 am. The space shuttle Columbia, which tore apart killing all seven of its crew on Feb. 1 just minutes before it was scheduled to land, may have been doomed since its ...
Jul 21, 2011 · 98,728.5: The number of man-hours NASA shuttles spent in space during their 30-year history. That's about 8,280 days of manned spaceflight, NASA officials said. 20,830: The number of orbits of ...
