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The space shuttle that NASA puts up leaves from the Kennedy Space Center (next door to Cape Canaveral) in Florida. It is the only place with large enough facilities to assemble, transport and launch this massive vehicle. Launch Complex 39, the old Apollo staging area, was refitted to handle the big rig. You need links, and we got 'em. They're to related articles posted by our friends at Wikipedia, where knowledge is free.
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How was space shuttle built?
The space shuttle was built in sections and put together on the launch pad.
What is the total height of the space shuttle on the launch pad?
The space shuttle stands at 184 feet (56 meters) high, on top of a mounded pad.
What does the space shuttle launch pad smell of after launch?
The launch pad (even hours after launch) is not a place you'd want to be.See the related link for more information.
What was the first shuttle launch on pad b?
The first Space Shuttle launch from Launch Pad 39-B was STS-51L on January 28, 1986. However STS-51L ended in disaster when the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated over the Atlantic ocean. A total of 53 space shuttle missions have launched from pad 39-B, although no more are planned in the future. In the future, pad 39-B is planned to be used for Ares I launches.
What happens to the launch pad after launch?
It is a little burnt but the launch pad is designed to take extreme heat and pressure created by the space shuttle. If it wasn't, they would have to make a new launch pad every launch and those things are worth a pretty penny...
How was space shuttle built?
The space shuttle was built in sections and put together on the launch pad.
Did each space shuttle launch from the same launch pad?
Type your answer here... no
What is the total height of the space shuttle on the launch pad?
The space shuttle stands at 184 feet (56 meters) high, on top of a mounded pad.
What does the space shuttle launch pad smell of after launch?
The launch pad (even hours after launch) is not a place you'd want to be.See the related link for more information.
What was the first shuttle launch on pad b?
The first Space Shuttle launch from Launch Pad 39-B was STS-51L on January 28, 1986. However STS-51L ended in disaster when the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated over the Atlantic ocean. A total of 53 space shuttle missions have launched from pad 39-B, although no more are planned in the future. In the future, pad 39-B is planned to be used for Ares I launches.
What happens to the launch pad after launch?
It is a little burnt but the launch pad is designed to take extreme heat and pressure created by the space shuttle. If it wasn't, they would have to make a new launch pad every launch and those things are worth a pretty penny...
What is the height of the Space Shuttle not on the launch pad?
I found information on the orbiter being 122 feet in length
How did space shuttle Columbia get to launch pad in 1981?
Nasa has two big vehicles called crawlers: the shuttle gets lifted vertically onto the top of these crawlers, attached to the other rockets, then the crawler 'crawls' to the launch "site" where takeoff happens. so technically, the launch "pad" is the top of the crawler, so the shuttle got to the "pad" on a crane, but got to the launch "site" on top of the nasa crawler.
Where was the first space shuttle launched from?
The first shuttle (STS-1) was launched on April 12, 1981 from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
What was the first space shuttle to launch in space?
The first Space shuttle to launch was Columbia in April of 1981
By what means does the shuttle assembly attach to the launch pad?
The Space Shuttle assembly or as NASA refers to it "the stack" is attached by 4 bolts on each of the 2 solid rocket boosters to the mobile launch platform.
Where can you watch the last space shuttle launch?
you will see the last space shuttle launch in... and in a place called...
