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    The NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter: Challenger - Engineering Disaster On January 28, 1986, NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter: Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center, only to break apart 73 seconds into its flight. Challenger carried five NASA astronauts as well as two payload specialists. Its destruction was widely recognized as one of the worst disasters in the US space programs history. The Challenger shuttle disaster wasn't a freak accident. There were many factors which resulted in the ultimate

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    Investigation: In 1972, NASA after several attempts started the Space Shuttle Program for space exploration, commercial purposes, and national security tasks and it started developing Columbia as one of the first shuttles in the program. In early of 1981s, Columbia completed its first space mission. On January 2003, Columbia Space Shuttle was ready for STS-107 mission and its 28th flight. The mission was to transport two teams of scientists (7 astronauts in total) to conduct over 80 experiments in

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    California Science Center specially the space shuttle. When I arrived there, I was bust and I told my self that I want to go to the space shuttle then I leave directly. However, the ‘s information, I notice that physics discover a big part in the life. What is the Space Shuttle? The Space Shuttle was a somewhat reusable low Earth orbital rocket framework worked by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Its official project name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from

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    Technology Operation of space craft In order to launch a spacecraft, detailed calculations must be made to predict the spacecraft destination, timing of launch and speed to meet the target in space. The gravitational pull of other planets and the sun need to be taken into account. This gravity can also be used by the spacecraft to do a swing by or to be pulled into orbit. The Space Shuttle is the world's first reusable spacecraft, and the first spacecraft in history that can carry large satellites

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    could carry supplies to the space station and do other tasks that would be easier with a reusable spacecraft. The Space Shuttle lifted off into space for the first time on April 12, 1981, and for the last time on July 8, 2011. It would glide to a landing on a runway facing horizontally and be launched with a rocket attached to get it up into space. Five Space Shuttles were built. They were called Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Columbia, and Endeavour. These shuttles were used to fly cargo and

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    The space shuttle's components include: the orbiter, three main engines, the external tank, and two solid rocket boosters. Altogether, the launch weight is about 4.5 million pounds. Orbiter: Each orbiter is 121 feet long, with a wingspan of 78 feet and a tail height of 57 feet. Constructed mainly of aluminum, it is about the size of a DC-9 commercial airliner, and can carry a payload of 65,000 pounds into space. The payload bay is 60 feet long and 15 feet in diameter. The landing weight varies from

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    the race for the conquest of outer space began. After the launch of soviet satellite Sputnik in 1957, events moved rapidly for the development of The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in hopes of the United States gaining ground in this race. About 5 decades after NASA’s doors opened, it has become one of the world’s leading agent in the exploration of space. An important part of this exploration was The Space Shuttle Program. These shuttles were to provide transport for satellites

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    After the end of the NASA Space Shuttle program in 2011, we were left with a big question of “what’s the future of the space program?” (Loff) While throughout the years NASA’s funding has been decreased dramatically, the advent of private space companies has grown such as SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Blue Origin. Even SpaceX’s Elon Musk made the pledge to have humans step foot onto Mars by the year 2020 which shows that the future might not be so bleak (Javelosa). However, this begs the question

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    Galileo Challenges

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    further understand space, especially the neighborhood that is our solar system, is a dream many of us have when we are younger that persists for some throughout their life. Project Galileo aimed to do just that, but met with many complications and obstructions. However, through cleverness, determination, and teamwork, these challenges were dealt with and the mission was able to continue on. The main problem of Galileo was to just get to its ultimate destination, Jupiter. As the orbiter was designed many

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    DESCRIBE HOW ROBOTICS USE IN SPACE WHAT IS ROBOT? A robot may be characterized as a self-controlled gadget comprising of electronic, electrical, or mechanical units. All the more by and large, it is a machine that capacities set up of a living operator. Robots are particularly attractive for certain work capacities on the grounds that, dissimilar to people, they never get tired; they can continue physical conditions that are uncomfortable or even risky; they can work in airless conditions; they

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