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Summary
The Apollo program demonstrated that men could travel into space, perform useful tasks there, and return safely to Earth. But space had to be more accessible. This led to the development of the Space Shuttle. The Shuttle's major components are the orbiter spacecraft; the three main engines, with a combined thrust of more than 1.2 million pounds; the huge external tank (ET) that feeds the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer to the three main engines; and the two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), with their combined thrust of some 5.8 million pounds, that provide most of the power for the first two minutes of flight. Crucially involved with the Space Shuttle program virtually from its inception, the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) played a leading role in the design, development, testing, and fabrication of many major Shuttle propulsion components.
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| current | 02:48, 4 January 2017 | | 1,229 × 2,771 (1.27 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The Apollo program demonstrated that men could travel into space, perform useful tasks there, and return safely to Earth. But space had to be more accessible. This led to the development of the Space Shuttle. The Shuttle's major components are the orbiter spacecraft; the three main engines, with a combined thrust of more than 1.2 million pounds; the huge external tank (ET) that feeds the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer to the three main engines; and the two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), with their combined thrust of some 5.8 million pounds, that provide most of the power for the first two minutes of flight. Crucially involved with the Space Shuttle program virtually from its inception, the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) played a leading role in the design, development, testing, and fabrication of many major Shuttle propulsion components. |
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- 2.01 (Buran-class spacecraft)
- 2.02 (Buran-class spacecraft)
- 2.03 (Buran-class spacecraft)
- Buran (spacecraft)
- Buran programme
- OK-GLI
- Ptichka (Buran-class spacecraft)
- Space Shuttle
- Space Shuttle Atlantis
- Space Shuttle Challenger
- Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
- Space Shuttle Columbia
- Space Shuttle Discovery
- Space Shuttle Endeavour
- Space Shuttle Enterprise
- Space Shuttle Pathfinder
- Space Shuttle orbiter
- Space Shuttle program
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