ScienceShuttles3
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| What uses it's own fuel to position itself into the earth's orbit? | orbiter
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| Describe what happened to the Challenger in 1986. | destroyed on take off
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| Why did the Challenger break apart? | exhaust from the SRB escaped & shot hot gases into the ET &caused it to break apart
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| What happened to the Challenger shuttle ? | went into a supersonic tailspin causing it to break apart
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| People watching thought that the Challenger __________ in the air. Why? | exploded
the smoke(exhaust)
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| SRB | solid rocket booster
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| SRB has solid______ which gives __________to lift off. | fuel/thrust
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| O rings | round rubber ring that stops a liquid from leaking
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| In what type of weather did the Challenger launch? | cold weather
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| What happened to the o ring on the Challenger? | cold caused the o to become TOO hard to seal off exhaust from SRB
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| Endeaver | built to replace the Challenger
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| Endeaver | delivered to Cape Canaveral in 1991
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| What happened to the Columbia shuttle in 2003? | broke apart during re-entry
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| What was damaged on the Columbia? | the tiles(heat shield) because of the foam insulation
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| What did the tiles on the Columbia remind people of as they peeled away? | dominoes
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| What caused the Columbia to disintergrate? | the heat(inferno)
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| What plan was put into place after the Columbia disaster? | cameras film the launch to make sure no foam breaks off
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| If foam breaks off of the shuttle, it causes ___________. | damage
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| On 1 of the Atlantis launches, the camera saw foam damage and... &______. | an astronaut walked in space to inspect & fix the damage
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| How many heat tiles on a shuttle? | 24,000
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| How hot can the nose & wingtips withstand on a shuttle? | 3,000 degrees F
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| How fast does a shuttle travel? | 17,500 mph or 5 miles per second
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| What is the landing speed of a shuttle? | 220mph which is twice that of an air liner
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| The Challenger was destroyed in________. | 1986
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| The Challenger "exploded" in ___________seconds after take off. | 76
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| How many miles of runway does a shuttle need to land? | 2 miles
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| Shuttles are designed to last ________ flights or layers. | 100
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| Shuttles orbit the earth every ______________. | 90 minutes
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