Question | Answer |
What uses it's own fuel to position itself into the earth's orbit? | orbiter |
Describe what happened to the Challenger in 1986. | destroyed on take off |
Why did the Challenger break apart? | exhaust from the SRB escaped & shot hot gases into the ET &caused it to break apart |
What happened to the Challenger shuttle ? | went into a supersonic tailspin causing it to break apart |
People watching thought that the Challenger __________ in the air.
Why? | exploded
the smoke(exhaust) |
SRB | solid rocket booster |
SRB has solid______ which gives __________to lift off. | fuel/thrust |
O rings | round rubber ring that stops a liquid from leaking |
In what type of weather did the Challenger launch? | cold weather |
What happened to the o ring on the Challenger? | cold caused the o to become TOO hard to seal off exhaust from SRB |
Endeaver | built to replace the Challenger |
Endeaver | delivered to Cape Canaveral in 1991 |
What happened to the Columbia shuttle in 2003? | broke apart during re-entry |
What was damaged on the Columbia? | the tiles(heat shield) because of the foam insulation |
What did the tiles on the Columbia remind people of as they peeled away? | dominoes |
What caused the Columbia to disintergrate? | the heat(inferno) |
What plan was put into place after the Columbia disaster? | cameras film the launch to make sure no foam breaks off |
If foam breaks off of the shuttle, it causes ___________. | damage |
On 1 of the Atlantis launches, the camera saw foam damage and... &______. | an astronaut walked in space to inspect & fix the damage |
How many heat tiles on a shuttle? | 24,000 |
How hot can the nose & wingtips withstand on a shuttle? | 3,000 degrees F |
How fast does a shuttle travel? | 17,500 mph or 5 miles per second |
What is the landing speed of a shuttle? | 220mph which is twice that of an air liner |
The Challenger was destroyed in________. | 1986 |
The Challenger "exploded" in ___________seconds after take off. | 76 |
How many miles of runway does a shuttle need to land? | 2 miles |
Shuttles are designed to last ________ flights or layers. | 100 |
Shuttles orbit the earth every ______________. | 90 minutes |