Three locations in the United States were used as landing sites for the Space Shuttle system. Each site included runways of sufficient length for the slowing-down of a returning spacecraft. The prime landing site was the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a purpose-built landing

Apr 27, 2023 · The iROC system achieves stabilization and pointing of the optical beam without the aid of an uplink beacon from an Earth-based optical receiving telescope. Beaconless pointing of space borne optical communications systems with small divergence angle beams has not, yet, been demonstrated.

Shuttle-Z was Shuttle-C on steroids, the ultimate development of the shuttle to be used to put Mars expeditions into orbit. It would use 4 SSME's, and a third stage with 181,000 kg of propellant powered by 1 SSSME.

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Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on 12 April 1981 at Pad 39A for mission STS-1. The Space Shuttle is a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

At approximately 45,000 feet (13,716 meters), the orbiter starts maneuvers that enable it to intercept the landing approach corridor at the desired altitude and velocity.

In several ways, the shuttle combined unique attributes not witnessed in spacecraft of an earlier era. The shuttle was capable of launching like a rocket, reentering Earth’s atmosphere like a capsule, and flying like a glider for a runway landing.

The Galoob Micro Machines-Outer Space Vehicles!-Shuttle Mission Collection #2 is a set of miniature space vehicles from the Micro Machines franchise, manufactured in 1992. The collection includes a 747, Shuttle, Booster Rockets, and an Iroc-z, all with a space theme. Suitable for ages 4 and up, these toys are based on the subject of space exploration.

Microwave Scan Beam Landing System - Used during landing phase to determine slant range, azimuth and elevation to landing runway. The three onboard microwave scan beam landing systems are airborne Ku-band receiver/transmitter navigation and landing aids with decoding and computational capabilities.

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