Destroyed shortly after liftoff on January 28th 1986
Shuttle Name
The final orbiter to fly in space
Shuttle Name
Flew the most missions of any shuttle and spent over a year in space
Shuttle Name
Constructed to replace the lost Challenger
How many shuttle missions were flown?
What was the launch date of the first Shuttle flight?
What was the landing date of the final Shuttle flight?
Name either of the crewmembers of the first orbital flight
John Young is the only person in history to have flown four different spacecraft- Gemini, Apollo Command Module, Apollo Lunar Module and the Space Shuttle
Which company manufactured the Orbiter?
Which company manufactured the SRBs?
Which company manufactured the External Tank?
Name the Russian copy of the Space Shuttle
Buran only flew one unmanned mission in 1988
Which was the designation of the first orbital shuttle flight?
On the STS-1 mission Columbia became the first shuttle in space
Name the atmospheric test Shuttle.
What three-word term was the official name of the programme?
What was the alternative Shuttle launch site that was never used?
Name the three locations that Shuttles actually landed at
Name the three locations that Shuttles actually landed at
Shuttles landed here after Discovery suffered a blown tire on landing at Kennedy in 1985, until nosewheel steering was fitted to the shuttles in 1990
Name the three locations that Shuttles actually landed at
One shuttle mission ended here, STS-3 in 1982, because of flooding at the planned Edwards landing site
Name a Transatlantic landing site in Spain
Name the Transatlantic landing site in France
Name the Transatlantic landing site in the UK
Name the Transatlantic landing site in Portuguese territory
In the Azores
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Answer
Trivia
Name the shuttle's intact abort modes
Abort mode 2
Abort mode 3
Abort mode 4
How long before liftoff did the shuttle's internal computers take over the countdown from ground control?
How long before liftoff did the launch pad's sound suppression system activate?
How long before liftoff did the shuttle's main engines ignite?
For approximately how many minutes after liftoff did the shuttle's main engines remain active?
What was the usual altitude in miles for a shuttle flight?
Which crewmember would dock the shuttle with the ISS?
Which crewmember would land the shuttle?
What fuel did the Shuttle main engines use?
On several missions the Shuttle was used to deploy satellites for which US Government department?
The Shuttle was used to deploy several spy satellites for the NRO (National Reconnaisance Office)
Name the orbital observation instrument that was launched and frequently serviced by shuttle flights
Which Mercury 7 astronaut flew on the Shuttle in 1998?
Which US Representative flew on the Shuttle in 1986?
What name was given to planned rescue missions to be flown by one Shuttle to rescue the crew of another in case of damage?
What was the maximum crew capacity of a Shuttle flying one of these rescue missions?
What is the largest crew that has ever flown on a Shuttle flight?
On missions STS-61A and STS-71
STS-70 was delayed when what created holes in the foam insulation of the external tank?
A modified version of which airliner was used to ferry Shuttles around the USA?
Which launch pad at Kennedy Space Center was the launch site for the majority of Shuttle missions?
Launched 80 Shuttle flights, compared with 53 from Pad 39B
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