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... hop where a spacecraft goes up and down in an arc trajectory, like a ball flying through the air (this when the rocket is not powerful enough to reach orbit). The first ...
Flying in space is dangerous, and always will be. It's an unforgiving environment. Currently we have lost one orbiter and its crew every 65 launches or ...
The NASA Space Shuttle orbiter is designed to carry a payload of 65,000 pounds and a crew of eight, or perhaps ten in an emergency. It weighs about 172,000 pounds ... .NASA, National Space Transportation System Reference, Volume 1 Systems and Facilities, June 1988. This document is available on the Internet at: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/stsreftoc ...
... our own, are part of the 35 galaxies that form what we call the Local Group. The Local Group, in turn, is part of the Virgo Supercluster which contains around 100 similar ...
... know how much it costs NASA to fly the Space Shuttle once, then that number is a little easier to find. Depending on how you count it's between $500 million ...
... has four seasons, but each one lasts twice as long. Because the orbit of Mars is elliptical, the temperature can change greatly with the seasons. The surface temperature can rise to ... spring, this warm season may not be the best time to visit Mars because it is also the time when vast dust storms cover the Martian surface.
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This planet moves in an elliptical orbit tilted 45 degrees to the plane of the solar system's eight major planets. It is so far away that it takes 560 years for ... one trip around the Sun. At its most distant point from the Sun, the planet is about twice as distant as Pluto. At its closest, it passes inside the orbit of ...
It is hard to come up with an average figure. Because they are all different sizes, there are no "satellite showrooms" and every satellite is specially made. Also, satellites go into a range ...
... skin of our modules that can stop them from penetrating the module skin. The skin is also equipped with a multi-layer insulation blanket that protects the modules from temperature extremes ...
Lift off is like getting rear-ended in a bumper car. Lying on your back, you instantly go ...
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