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Spacelab. Spacelab was a reusable laboratory developed by European Space Agency (ESA) and used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle. The laboratory comprised multiple components, including a pressurized module, an unpressurized carrier, and other related hardware housed in the Shuttle's cargo bay.
Intended to be powered by a single Heinkel HeS 011 turbojet, three design concepts of the Me P.1112 were developed. [3] The last proposed design was the Me P.1112/V1 using a V-tail design and fuselage lateral intakes; the two first were the Me P.1112 S/1, with wing root air intakes, and the Me P.1112 S/2, with fuselage lateral intakes, both ...
The Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) is a system of hypergolic liquid-propellant rocket engines used on the Space Shuttle and the Orion MPCV.Designed and manufactured in the United States by Aerojet, [1] the system allowed the orbiter to perform various orbital maneuvers according to requirements of each mission profile: orbital injection after main engine cutoff, orbital corrections during ...
The Tire Assault Vehicle (TAV) was a small remote-controlled vehicle created from a scale model kit of the German World War II-era Tiger II heavy tank, used by NASA to test the tires for the Space Shuttle. [1][2] The TAV was used to drill into the tires to damage them, something which was too risky to perform manually because of the intensity ...
STS-41-D (12) →. STS-41-C (formerly STS-13) was NASA 's eleventh Space Shuttle mission, and the fifth mission of Space Shuttle Challenger. The launch, which took place on April 6, 1984, marked the first direct ascent trajectory for a Space Shuttle mission. During the mission, Challenger' s crew captured and repaired the malfunctioning Solar ...
The innovative design of the Me P.1111 was completed in January 1945, and was intended as an improvement to the Messerschmitt P.1110 Ente. [1] The Messerschmitt P.1111 was an 8.92 m-long tailless airplane with nearly delta -shaped wings, swept back at a 45-degree angle, and a wingspan of 9.12 m. [2] It was equipped with a pressurized cockpit ...
CLOUD — Downtown St. Cloud could be the home of the Inspiration Mock Orbiter, a NASA-built model of the space shuttle. Currently owned by local inventor and founder of LVX System, Felicity-John ...
From 1981 to 2011 a total of 135 missions were flown, all launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. During that time period the fleet logged 1,322 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes and 23 seconds of flight time. [ 2 ] The longest orbital flight of the Shuttle was STS-80 at 17 days 15 hours, while the shortest flight was STS-51-L at one ...