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What forms of energy are needed for a space shuttle to take off?
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∙ 12y ago
chemical energy
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What forces are needed to lift a space shuttle into space?
Upthrust is needed to lift a shuttle up RG
How the shuttle must be served?
Is the question about the space shuttle, or the game of shuttle-cock? More information is needed.
How can fire lighten in space without oxygen if there is no oxygen then how can a space shuttle come back?
The space shuttle is able to fire its engines in space because it takes the needed oxygen with it.
How is a space shuttle an example of chemical energy?
Because when it is launched the chemical energy in the fuel is converted to kinetic energy of the space vehicle.
What happens when a space shuttle enters the atmosphere?
energy is lost
What kind of aircraft is needed for travel in the thermosphere?
aircraft needed to travel the stratosphere
How does a space shuttle land safely on the moon?
No space shuttle has landed on the moon. The craft would need ample landing space to do so. But even then, the shuttle could not LEAVE the moon, since the boosters needed to lift off would not be present.
Why was space-shuttle Challenger sent into space?
Nasa needed more orbiters. This was the second shuttle built and was the first that was used for testing then converted to space flight. It was send into space for the same purpose as Challenger before it and the ones after it.
What is the name of the american space shuttle that goes into orbit?
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
How do space shuttles get payload back to earth?
When the space shuttle goes through the atmosphere, the space shuttle can then by itself land safely because no fuel will be needed. You can use the atmosphere of the earth to slow the space shuttle down allowing it land safely with the payload. The payload will still be on the space shuttle because it won't be removed, only the equipment will be removed from the space shuttle. The shuttle has to do no work whatsoever when bringing it back to earth because it won't be needing fuel when landing on earth.
How much fuel is needed for a space shuttle to takeoff?
The external tanks can contain up to 534,900 US gallons of propellant. The shuttle has two of these.
When was the first space shuttle invented?
The first space shuttle invented was the space shuttle enterprise.
