The Space Shuttle Program

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The Space Shuttle Program

• Ryan Hoadley
• Zach Wilson

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The Very Beginings

• VonBraun
• X-20 2 person space craft, cancelled
• 65,000lbs of payload
• 15x60ft
• Launch off Jumbo Jet

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The Start of the Space Shuttle

• First studies began in 1969
• Officially approved for program start-up 1971
• First shuttle named Enterprise
• Nixons thoughts

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James Fletcher

• NASA Administrator
• Large progress in congress for re-usable shuttle
• Memo to Nixon
• The main man!!

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The Orbiter

• Dimensions
• Size
• Engines
• Compartments
• Remote Manipulator System
• Heat Shield

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External Fuel Tank

• Fuel
• Dimensions
• Time Used
• Variations

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Solid Rocket Boosters

• Dimensions
• Time Used
• Re-Usable
• Power

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Launch

• Launch Site
• Preparations for launch
• Mobile Launch Platform
• Countdown

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Landing/ Re-entry

• Re-Entry Maneuvers
• Landing Maneuvers
• Landing Sites
• Post Landing
• Transportation

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Space Lab

• Features
• NASA/ESA Cooperation
• Uses

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Shuttle Fleet

• Pathfinder ?Colombia
• Explorer ? Atlantis
• Constitution/Enterprise ? Discovery
• Challenger ? Endeavour

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Shuttle Dockings

• MIR
• International Space Station
• Science and Spacelab
• STS-95

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Disasters

• The Challenger
• The Columbia

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Additional Pictures
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Videos

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References

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle
• Into the Final Frontier
• www.nasa.gov