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The external tank's orange color, which would become iconic of the Space Shuttle program, is the color of the spray-on foam insulation. The first two tanks, used for STS-1 and STS-2 , were painted white to protect the tanks from ultraviolet light during the extended time that the shuttle spent on the launch pad prior to launch. [ 7 ]
Space Shuttle 7.6 and 10.6 Fairing. DARPA studied modifying the current external tank design to be able to carry low-density payloads in a 25 or 35 ft (7.6 or 10.6 m) diameter fairing where the oxygen tank was currently. The Shuttle on average would only fly 66% of its payload capability but at nearly 100% of its payload volume.
An external tank floats away from the Space Shuttle orbiter. 134 of these tanks were brought to orbital altitude and then released for re-entry (135 total orbital missions minus Challenger) The External Tank for STS-1 is released from the Space Shuttle.
Hot gases burned through and caused an explosion of the external fuel tank. The Rogers Commission, an external review panel appointed by ... The space shuttle flight program came to a close on ...
At long last, the final journey of the last space shuttle ever built, Endeavour, and its giant orange external tank are expected to begin this month — the capstone to a historic journey to an ...
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The Space Shuttle external tank (ET) carried the propellant for the Space Shuttle Main Engines, and connected the orbiter vehicle with the solid rocket boosters. The ET was 47 m (153.8 ft) tall and 8.4 m (27.6 ft) in diameter, and contained separate tanks for liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.
During launch, a piece of the insulating foam broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank and struck the thermal protection system tiles on the orbiter's left wing. Similar foam shedding had occurred during previous Space Shuttle launches, causing damage that ranged from minor to near-catastrophic, but some engineers suspected that the ...