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Title: The Space Shuttle Program


1
The Space Shuttle Program
  • Ryan Hoadley
  • Zach Wilson

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

3
The Start of the Space Shuttle
  • First studies began in 1969
  • Officially approved for program start-up 1971
  • First shuttle named Enterprise
  • Nixons thoughts

4
James Fletcher
  • NASA Administrator
  • Large progress in congress for re-usable shuttle
  • Memo to Nixon
  • The main man!!

5
The Orbiter
  • Dimensions
  • Size
  • Engines
  • Compartments
  • Remote Manipulator System
  • Heat Shield

6
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7
External Fuel Tank
  • Fuel
  • Dimensions
  • Time Used
  • Variations

8
Solid Rocket Boosters
  • Dimensions
  • Time Used
  • Re-Usable
  • Power

9
Launch
  • Launch Site
  • Preparations for launch
  • Mobile Launch Platform
  • Countdown

10
Landing/ Re-entry
  • Re-Entry Maneuvers
  • Landing Maneuvers
  • Landing Sites
  • Post Landing
  • Transportation

11
Space Lab
  • Features
  • NASA/ESA Cooperation
  • Uses

12
Shuttle Fleet
  • Pathfinder ?Colombia
  • Explorer ? Atlantis
  • Constitution/Enterprise ? Discovery
  • Challenger ? Endeavour

13
Shuttle Dockings
  • MIR
  • International Space Station
  • Science and Spacelab
  • STS-95

14
Disasters
  • The Challenger
  • The Columbia

15
Additional Pictures
16
Videos
  • http//mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.down
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17
References
  • http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle
  • Into the Final Frontier
  • www.nasa.gov
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